Connect or Connect:Amp for connecting turntable, speakers and stereo integrated amplifier

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Hi All,

New to the boards and have had a search through and seen a couple threads that are similar to this yet non seem to answer the exact questions I've got, so thought I'd make a new thread and see if anyone could help me out.

I've inherited a Gerrard turntable. 2 Monitor Audio system R352 standing speakers, along with a technics stereo integrated amplifier A6000MK2 and an ARCAM Alapha 8 AM/FM Tuner, and I just wondered what I need to connect this to my sonos network, would it be a Connect or Connect:Amp?

The technology is a little old school for me that I don't really know what any of it means, very much a sonos generation of plug in connect and play, taken me a year to actually get the whole turntable system working as I was missing a phono lead for the turntable with earth spade terminals, but got that and can now finally use the system which works great, but would be even better if I could connect it to my sonos system and play the LPs through all the sonos speakers we have as well use the speakers to play the digital music we have.

Know what I think I've understood from other threads is that if I just had the turntable and speakers then I would need the connect:Amp, but since I've got the the technics stereo integrated amplifier A6000MK2, I can run the turntable and speakers through that and then run that into just the connect? Would I be right with that?

Thanks in advance for all your help

Cheers

Matt

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trlgodfrey

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It doesn't have to be a tape loop as such but obviously the amp needs to have an output, ideally fixed, so it doesn't track the volume control on the amp. Without that you would need to do it the way you suggested, assuming you had the necessary phono stage available.

Just checked my 15 year old AV receiver, it has FOUR such loops, Tape In/Out, MD/Dat In/Out and two Video In/Outs which include stereo RCAs.

If the amp has a Tape In/Out and MD/Dat In/Out whihc would be the better to use Tape or MD/Dat?

I am trying to create a loop between the amp and a Sonos Connect so I can send Sonos streaming music through the App to the amp and a pair of passive speakers and the Sonos wireless speakers simultaneously. And vice versa plug a turn table and an Apple Airport Express into the amp and push either of those sources to the passive speakers and the Sonos network simultaneously.

Or maybe what I am describing is not possible?

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Kumar

Answered in detail to your question posed in the other thread. Short answer, Yes, possible.

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