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Sonos Connect vs Connect AMP

  • April 28, 2017
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so we currently have an a CD player which connects to a set of speakers using ONLY the audio out red/white cable

All the speakers are wired to a central point (around 10 in total) with the 1 red/white cable going from the back of the player into the speaker central point

Would a connect be suitable to replace the CD player on its own?

So the connect would be stand alone to stream Spotify with a single cable connected to the red/white output and it stream the music through the speakers?

Thanks
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  • Kumar
  • April 29, 2017
This isn't a common set up - it appears that each speaker has an amp built into its box? If that is the case - confirmed if each speaker also needs mains power - the Connect would replace the CD player in the manner you want it to. How do you control the volume levels today, by the way?
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  • jamie.bates
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  • April 29, 2017
Each set of speakers (paired in 2's in different) has a volume control built into the wall.

The speakers all connect to a central point which is also acting as a radio, the CD player connects to this main point via a single red/white cable. The switch on each wall allows to flick between the CD player and the radio

We did not install them into the property, they were installed by the previous owner

Would this mean that an amp is not needed as it seems they are being powered by the central point and a connect would be enough?

I guess this could be tested by removing the current CD player and just playing the radio through them.. if it works then just the connect would be enough?
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  • Kumar
  • April 29, 2017
Yes, that central point certainly seems to have amplification built into it. I see no reason why Connect cannot replace the CD player - indeed a Connect Amp would almost certainly over load and damage the central point inputs.

Ideally, I would get a Connect on a returnable basis, just to be sure of things; seeing that Connect isn't cheap.

PS: Use the Connect in fixed output mode for this application so that it feeds approximately the same signal voltage level as the CD player does today. The Sonos volume control would then be inoperative, which is ok because there is a different approach in place to control the volume of each speaker pair.
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