Looking for advice into playing vinyl over Sonos

[mark66]

Please bare with me on this one as I have a really vague understanding of HI-FI and what is possible!!

I currently have two Sonos 1 speakers and have been given an Harman Cardon amp, B&W speakers and a turntable. Due to space restrictions I would prefer to do away with the amp and large speakers and find a way of having just a turntable and the Sonos speakers - is this feasible?

I know the Sonos Connect is available for £300 and from what I understand it allows one to play hifi over Sonos. Do others here have a similar setup? Are there any cheaper alternatives?

The turntable isn't great and I would prefer to spend my money on a new turntable and I understand that some come with pre-amps built in - would this help?

Thoughts and suggestions most appreciated!

 

[mark66]

Hi all,

Many thanks for all the replies - really helpful. The Sonos 5 solution sounds perfect, I get the benefit of adding to my existing pair of Sonos 1s and I could have a neat setup at a relatively low cost (~£225) for a 2nd hand Sonos 5.

Whilst the amp and speakers are of I am sure very good quality, they are just too big for the space we have in mind. The turntable I was initially given was some cheapo ION (?) USB one which had been purchased simply to copy vinyl to MP3, but it really isn't great at all.

There many be a chance that I can have the turntable which was initially paired with the Harman amp, which is a Denon DP-51F. A google suggests its probably 35 years old, but it has a great retro look and I assume would have been quite high end in its time - it certainly feels very solid and well built. The question is, if I could keep this, would this be better than a modern £150 turntable, something like an Audio Technica LP3?

Cheers

Mark