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krtvine
Contributor III
September 6, 2017
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turntable

i am buying a turntable to add to play 5s and subwoofer. Will the turntable allow me to play a stereo pair left and right with the play 5s? also will the sub woofer work in unisen?
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    krtvineAuthor
    Contributor III
    September 9, 2017
    My turntable has a ground, came with rca's that have a ground as well. No way to ground it to the sonos , or the rca stereo mini adapters any suggestions?
    pwt
    pwt
    Virtuoso
    September 9, 2017
    My turntable has a ground, came with rca's that have a ground as well. No way to ground it to the sonos , or the rca stereo mini adapters any suggestions?

    Does the turntable have a built-in phono pre-amp? If not, you'll need an external pre-amp and that should have a ground connection on its input. The output from the pre-amp (which is what acts as the input to the Sonos device) will not require a ground.
    4 x P:5 | Sub | 4 x P:1 | 3 x Connect | 2 x Boost | Connect:Amp | 2 x One | Amp | Move | Port | Era 300
    krtvineAuthor
    Contributor III
    September 9, 2017
    It does have a pre amp.
    pwt
    pwt
    Virtuoso
    September 9, 2017
    It does have a pre amp.

    Good. I'm pretty sure you can ignore the ground if you have the pre-amp on -- which is what you need for connection to Sonos equipment.

    (I have a Teac TN-300 for my occasional vinyl listening. Unlike the TN-400, it doesn't have a grounding post. I just use PHONO EQ = ON and connect the RCAs directly to a PLAY:5 using a Y-cable. It actually sounds better than I expected it to.)
    4 x P:5 | Sub | 4 x P:1 | 3 x Connect | 2 x Boost | Connect:Amp | 2 x One | Amp | Move | Port | Era 300
    jec6613
    Collaborator II
    September 10, 2017
    Vinyl is far from HiFi - CD/digital technology made it obsolete. There are many reasons to buy Vinyl, but HiFi isn't one.
    If your stream is dropping because of unreliable broadband - the only reason for this to happen - consider using a local NAS with music files held in it.
    Apple Music doesn't do HiFi is an inaccurate statement. To defend it, first define HiFi.
    Merriam-Webster happily defines HiFi, and technically they both qualify (it literally means faithful to the original, and both a CD and vinyl are lossless - as are many digital codecs). As a format, a CD is of a higher quality than a 33 ... but there are some terribly mastered CDs out there where the record on a turntable is clearly a better option. Death Magnetic comes to mind, which uses only about 10% of the dynamic range of a CD, and everything on it sounds equally loud and it wears on the ears.

    I really enjoy listening to vinyl albums that predate the CD era - they were written, recorded and designed to be listened to within the limits of the technology. The Beatles and Pink Floyd sound very different on Vinyl, for instance, and that was how they were intended to be listened to, and what the mastering technicians worked towards, while the CD re-masters don't hold as true to the original. Even today, great care is taken on mastering a record, that simply doesn't exist on many of the newer, more popular music albums.

    Also, there's something cool about a tone arm moving across the turntable, and listening to an entire album at once. 🙂
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