Playing Vinyl Record Sound Effect

I've always been an mp3/streaming music person for as long as it's been around (after a childhood raised on CDs). It wasn't until I heard an amazing female singer perform live that I made the long-thought decision to finally buy a vinyl record, even though I didn't have a vinyl player. Fast forward, and I'm looking at buying an amp that combines the modern functionality of wireless with the art of playing vinyl (I understand CDs technically have better sound quality than vinyl, but I really enjoy the ritual of playing a record). The Sonos Amp was the perfect solution, compared to other high end brands, that offered a future simple home theatre set up, along with wireless, multi-room upward compatibility. I bought two bookshelf speakers that works incredibly well with the amp and I love the convenience of being able to stream podcasts and music from my iPhone or laptop straight to the amp. My only issue is with the Sonos App, which still needs some work.

I collected 45's as a kid spending most of my allowance on whatever radio tune had my ear that week. I had maybe 100 or so LP's over the years but jumped on cassettes and then CDs as they came out. Here it is 40+ years after my last allowance was spent and I've decided to start collecting vinyl again. My girlfriend gifted me a Jensen turntable and a couple of records a few years ago for my birthday and I used it periodically picking up vinyl at yard sales and the like. The sound playing through my stereo was marginal with no bottom end and got me to thinking about how much I like the ritual of playing records and I wanted them to sound better. Long lead in but that's what got me looking into a turntable upgrade. I did the educate yourself as a consumer and wound up selecting this one based on reputation, reviews and price point. I made a great choice. Set up required some research to balance and align the tone arm correctly but there are several good vids online that detail what to do. Going to the record store to browse is a throwback to my youth. For the casual listener this turntable is more than adequate.

A good, quick way for me to get back into vinyl. Had it assembled and playing in less than an hour. Have used all the outputs, sound quality is very good however you connect it. Seems to be a solid build, I don't have much fear of it breaking down. If you bring your ear near to it while it plays you can hear the motor running, and while it starts or stops there is a lot of clack-sproing-whirr. It's not a delicate audiophile instrument, but then I didn't want to deal with a counterweight or calibrating anti-skate manually. This model takes care of all that and has not skipped once. For this price, a good value.

In my opinion, record weights do work...I use this consistently while listening to vinyl, and it does help with the sound, at least to my ears. As one should note, it will not help with severely warped records.

I bought these speakers to connect to my vinyl record player and the sound quality is on point!!!!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is the best blend of old school vinyl and new tech wireless. I love it. I haven't had a record player since my husband's player broke about 20 years ago. Technology has evolved so much since then. This record player is light and sleek looking. The set up is simple and takes about 10 minutes. The instructions are very detailed and easy to follow. It's a simple record player, nothing complicated about the buttons or settings - almost a minimalist type of player. You can pair up to 8 devices to the player and it will automatically find and link to your devices when you put the record player into bluetooth pairing mode. So far we have paired the player to 3 sets of wireless speakers and it worked flawlessly. We also paired it with wires to our living room speakers to test out the sound. It was simply amazing. When this player reaches the end of an album, the stylus automatically goes back to the home position and it turns off. That is so great!! No more spinning records and wearing down the needle. It's a simple press of a button to play and a button to stop it. The simplicity is wonderful. And just because it's simple, don't let it fool you - the sound and quality are excellent. When I played our first album on here, we sat back to enjoy the awesome sound with the ever so subtle hiss of the needle on the vinyl. I loved it. Nothing beats playing a record - not MP3s, not CDs, nothing. I have about 500 records to go through and am are stoked to be able to rip the songs from the records to MP3s to play on our phones and in the car. This is an amazing function and so easily done from this record player. I had no idea there was such a thing as a wireless record player until now. I am bringing this Sony record player and my portable speakers to my friend's house this weekend. It will blow them away the way it did me. Well done Sony!

The most perfect setup to record myself playing drums for my YouTube channel!

Great features; excellent remote - have it playing vinyl, cds, hd radio, Bluetooth siriusxm.

Playing a lot more music, vinyl, CDs via Brennan and streaming. Hearing new detail given the superior sound quality. Great companion with IPad although may be limiting if you didn't own one. Double edged sword although the quality of the Five could lead to you spending more on upgrading your setup further.

I had one Sonos 5 for a couple of years, playing streamed music and vinyl. With the addition of a second, the music is transformed. The stereo sound is amazing with deep bass notes and crisp highs.