Sonos Wireless Turntable - Victrola Stream Carbon Review

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In this video, we review the first ever ‪@sonos‬ wireless turntable from Victrola...the Victrola Stream Carbon. We put it to the test to find out if it's worth £899!
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Need to Knows
1:25 Design & Connectivity
3:57 How Does it Work With Sonos?
6:36 Testing
7:59 Use Cases
9:12 Who is it For?
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[@shapes2000]

What a great, succinct presentation. Cheers!

[@cratervanawesome]

For 799 I'd expect at least a Blue cartridge. I feel like you're paying a pretty large premium for network features.

[@simonpryce8667]

Good review. Balanced and pragmatic.

[@TerraMagnus]

I’ve got a 1917 Victrola phonograph a few feet from where I’m sitting now. And many 78RPM shellac records. I kind of wish they respected their past enough to offer a 78RPM setting and an optional cartridge for playing 78RPM shellac records to my Sonos.

[@adammachin]

An airplay turntable would be interesting.

[@gehadbarghouthi2561]

I decided to get the Stream Carbon. Situation: new to vinyls, received a collection from my parents, already have a Sonos ARC+SUB system, don't have a lot of room for additional equipment and wires. The Victrola Stream Carbon is efficient for my situation. I will say that a stable wifi connection is important, if not, you will need to hard wire. I believe it would cost more to get an equal quality record player, and gateway (Sonos One, Port, Amp) in order to play it on my current Sonos setup. Great review!

[@threesteaks]

How did the plan work out? Did it connect and work with your arc ok?

[@gehadbarghouthi2561]

@@threesteaks I now have have two Sonos Fives along with the ARC and Sub. It all connects seamlessly and can be changed to play on different speaker groups quickly within the Sonos app. Easy to use set up for whole house listening

[@MrMichaeldwatson]

Great video! It not showing up as a Sonos source is a deal breaker for me though.

[@smarthomesounds]

We are hoping this comes in a future software update.

[@andrewjackson5868]

So are there Sonos Port/turntable combinations that would be about the price of this? Would that be a better buy I wonder 💭

[@andyparcell8581]

Hello, i have a turntable, amp and four normal speakers, im wanting to get 4 300 speakers for the spartial sound via Bluetooth, can I group all four speakers plus run my turntable through them? That way getting rid of my amp and four normal speakers? Hope that makes sense, thanks,

[@steveodian6008]

Never would have guessed Sonos would introduce a turntable.

[@adamschneider1395]

It's actually a Victrola product that "Works with Sonos"

[@mikea1719]

Marketing bs

[@SeanFlaherty]

Now, make it ID the LP (by quickly sampling a few tracks) and then allow you to play tracks in a selected order from the app in your phone. My Technics linear tracker from the 80s won’t ID the record, but I can program the tracks using buttons on the front panel.

[@djsonnyseven6987]

I purchased the Victrola carbon. but before I did so I also tried the fluance 85 and it sounded great but with my set up I couldn't get rid of the Hum my led lights created. I tried everything to minimize this . The only solution I had was to move the record player to the basement. I didn't want to do that So I opted for the carbon stream. Right off the bat it was great there was no hum, it connected to my Sonos instantly,,, Now here's my issue with he carbon stream. It will not stay connected to my Sonos system. I can get through a record without the Audio dropping at at lest 4-5x a record. it's very fustration. I tried trouble shooting and can't seem to keep it connected and yes I tried hardwiring it. After 3 days of trying to make it work I have to return the unit. S frustrating

[@MrJimmyjamesh]

Sonos will convert the analogue sauce to digital audio and ruin the whole point of vinyl’s warm sound?

[@joeneal205]

When do you review the onyx?

[@xguy9999]

Sonos just wrecked their sonos business with the sonos 100 and 300, now you can use any turntable

[@zachmcclintock2041]

What do you mean

[@TerraMagnus]

Big danger with devices like this: 2 or 3 years from now when the app doesn’t run on your iPhone 17 without being updated by the developer… and Victrola won’t want to maintain the app. You’ve now got a £799 brick.

[@adammachin]

It has rca output.

[@gehadbarghouthi2561]

Why would Victrola not want to update their app? I spoke to Victrola support, they mentioned the company is looking to provide additional/special support for customers that purchase the Stream Carbon. It is a premium product that they want to support. The app function seems pretty simple, updating to work with new iOS shouldn't be a big lift.

[@michaellarcom7096]

It uses the Sonos app. You only use the Victrola app for the initial setup.

[@zendrive794]

@@michaellarcom7096 You sure about that? One of the main complaints of this unit is that you can't set it as a source within the Sonos app, forcing you to use the Victrola app. From what others have said anyway...

[@brianhansen2202]

But you can’t connect them to Sonos 5 anymore 😞 Or you can, but it sounds terrible since they can no longer be tuned with trueplay as stereo pair

[@midhunkjairaj4124]

Hai plz review new Marshall Middleton & compare with Sonos/JBL /ultimate ears & Sony

[@smarthomesounds]

We are currently testing the Middleton and will have a review posted on our channel next week.

[@midhunkjairaj4124]

@@smarthomesounds Thanks

[@james_d_e]

How come it’s $799 in the US but £899 here!?! Somethings not adding up

[@smarthomesounds]

Totally agreed, Apple have just done the same with the new Mac mini too.

[@freewheelinhippie6155]

Has anyone tried to get one in Australia?

[@WaydeChristie]

I got mine delivered to Australia. Had to use an international shipping company though as Victrola don’t ship OS. Import taxes stung me.

[@paradiddleJazz]

Taking analog music converting to digital. Why? Just stream then. The turntable becomes a conversation piece.

[@gdevelek]

0:10 So 899GBP counts as "eight hundred pounds" to you, mate?

[@SharkBoy87]

Great presentation, but I simply don't understand "why?". Why would someone pay $800 and buy vinyls, to stream digitally to a speaker. You have everything to lose. Records get scratched, cartridges need replaced, vinyls to buy. This would have made infinitely more sense as an all-in-one speaker to compete, no apps required, for those nostalgic.

[@foodgeek1495]

Did they pay you? I bought the Onyx and returned it after two days. Straight garbage and nowhere near the quality of $550 😂

[@smarthomesounds]

Unfortunately not 👍

[@mikea1719]

why bother if your going to stream it anyway. If you have good real analog vinyl (AAA) your going to want to listen to it thru an analog system

[@AB-hx9hs]

Audiophile here. No decent music or sound EVER starts with "Download the app", the sad fact most people today listen to music on crappy phones and think it sounds good. To me it sounds like garbage. And $800 for a cheaply made TT is too expensive. Buy a vintage one for $100- $200 and wire connect it to your stereo system or surround system. The sound will be so much better. Also this TT has a high noise level of .175. NO, thank you.

[@CaptianBigums]

Do you have an reccomendations? I recently got a sound system and want a TT! Looking at the ATLP120XBT

[@TheGreenDoggoOfWisdom]

Fuck Sonos, they make their stuff purposely not work after 5 years