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billypaulson
Contributor II
November 20, 2019

Trying to Use Sonos Amp for Record Player AND Rear Surrounds

Here’s my proposed configuration:

  1. Sonos Playbar (wireless)
  2. Sonos Sub (wireless)
  3. Sonos Amp (could be hardwired to Ethernet, or wireless)
  4. Record Player (Pro-Ject)
  5. Two Unpowered Bookshelf Speakers

I’m trying to figure out what I need to do the following:

  1. Use record player with unpowered bookshelf speakers
  2. Use unpowered bookshelf speakers as rear surrounds for Dolby 5.1, in conjuction with Sonos Playbar and Sonos Sub

Is it even possible to have the above hooked up at the same time? Would I need two Amps in theory, assuming I wanted to have the option to stream the record player via Sonos?

I don’t have the option to hardwire my Playbar to Ethernet or the Amp.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

 

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John B
November 20, 2019

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melvimbe
melvimbe
November 20, 2019

Thanks!! This has been extremely helpful.

Final question @Misfit - in this configuration I’ll be now playing my records through (at least, not including other rooms) my two bookshelf speakers PLUS the playbar and sub.

Any thoughts on this change from simple stereo left/right output, to playbar plus surrounds/sub?

I assume I cannot play to JUST the surrounds as left/right stereo pair without reconfiguring sonos. 

 

 

Correct that you cannot play audio through just the surround speakers.  If your asking whether it sounds good to play audio through playbar+surrounds+sub vs a traditional stereo pair...it’s a judgement call.  I like it both ways just fine.

 

On the other point though, if you setup your turntable with the Connect, you can play it to any Sonos room in the house, not just your playbar+surrounds+sub setup.  So if you have a pair of Sonos Ones in the bedroom, you can play there too.

Danny
    Misfit
    Enthusiast II
    November 20, 2019

    Thanks!! This has been extremely helpful.

    Final question @Misfit - in this configuration I’ll be now playing my records through (at least, not including other rooms) my two bookshelf speakers PLUS the playbar and sub.

     

    So you will most likely want to use compressed for the audio compression settings, but again that’s really only if you experiencing audio skips/cutouts. Test in both configurations and see what works best. 

     

    Any thoughts on this change from simple stereo left/right output, to playbar plus surrounds/sub?

    I assume I cannot play to JUST the surrounds as left/right stereo pair without reconfiguring sonos. 

     

    Correct. You can make the surrounds louder during music playback though. 

     

    Go into your surround settings by tapping on Settings - System - (Room with the Playbar in it) - Surround Audio

    I may be mistaken on the actual verbiage for the Surround Audio section, but you will see it within the room. Regardless…

    Increase the surround audio level for music playback, and make sure you set it from ambient to full. That way the surrounds will be more predominant during audio playback. Here is the support article on Troubleshooting low audio from surround speakers. At the bottom it talks about music playback.

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