Speakers for a Turnrable

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Receiving a U-Turn Orbit turntable this month and need to get a speaker(s) for it. Turntable will have a built in phono preamp and a Ortofon Red cartridge. I’ve started into the Sonos ecosystem with a Beam for my TV and a pair of Ones (Gen 2) to place around the house. My natural thought was to get a Five and use that. My question is two part… First will a single Five be able to compete with a pair of powered bookshelf speakers like the Audioengine A5+ or the Klipsch R51 PM? My house is open floor plan so the Five would be feeding a decent sized space.

Secondly, how do I setup the lossless feature for the turntable feed to the Five and can I stream that same quality to my other Sonos speakers without any glitches?

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AjTrek1Answer

Hi @Veloweave

I’ve never heard the sound produced by either the Audioengine A5+ or the Klipsch R51 PM. However, in my experience a stereo pair of a comparable speaker to a single Five will trump it for soundstage imaging. Also, having never experienced either speaker you are referring to I can’t comment on loudness versus a Five. Additionally, it’s difficult to know how a Five or any speaker would perform in what you consider a “decent sized space”. Only you can decide what’s adequate.
What lossless feature are you referring to?
If using a Five you can group to other Sonos speakers to achieve whole home audio. If all Five’s the sound will be identical. If grouping to Sonos One/One SL’s the sound characteristics will change.
As far as glitches are concerned it really depends upon your network and signals passing through walls and the like. If wi-fi is an issue then the SonosNet created by wiring a speaker or Boost module to your router may be the answer.

Note: All comments about the Five are based upon my use of the Play 5 (gen2) as the Five has not yet been released to the general public. However, all reviews/comments to date indicate that the Five and Play 5 (gen2) are acoustically similar.

Cheers!

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Kumar

Trueplay needs to be redone when the orientation is changed and what sounds better is a matter of personal preference. Beyond a point, don’t overthink this.

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