Connecting a turntable to Bluesound Node 2021

Andrea Lutri

• March 20, 2022 18:14

Good evening, guys, sorry for the silly question but I'd like to know, before proceeding to the purchase, if it's possible to connect a Rega Planar 1 Plus turntable (it has a built-in phono stage) to my Bluesound Node 2021, using the RCA outputs on the back of the device.

Thank you very much.

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  Mark T.

  Sr. Support Crew Member

  • March 21, 2022 12:51
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  Hi Andrea,
  
  Yes, you can connect your turntable to the Bluesound NODE directly by using an RCA to 3.5mm cable and plugging it into OPTICAL/ANALOG IN port.

  Thanks for living HiFi.
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  Sebastien Breton

  • March 22, 2022 00:54

  Followup question; can the turntable's signal then be streamed to other Bluesound nodes and/or speakers within your home?

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  Seppi Evans

  Hi-Res

  • March 22, 2022 10:59

  Yes, you can Group the NODE to other Bluesound players so they play the line-in source.

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  Malcolm Levy

  • April 07, 2024 22:05
  • Edited

  I have a TeddyPardo fully digital DAC/AMP. Does this mean that with a Node I can feed a phono input to the OPTICAL/ANALOG IN and then the digital out will feed a digital signal to the amplifier DAC? 

  No need for a phono pre-amp?

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  Seppi Evans

  Hi-Res

  • April 08, 2024 07:09
  • Edited

  Hi Malcolm, if your turntable needs a phono pre-amp then you will still need to use one. The input on the NODE is line level and the majority of turntables produce a signal much lower than this. Some turntables have the phono pre built in and with it turned on can be connected direct to a NODE.

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  Malcolm Levy

  • April 08, 2024 07:53

  Hello Seppi, 

  Thanks for the quick answer. Does that mean that the NODE will convert the analogue input originating from the turntable to a digital one that can be used by my DAC/AMP? That would be cool as right now I have no way to play my LPs. 

  I started this journey as I have a Logitech Squeezebox Touch that I use for internet radio, and the service is now disabled, so need a replacement.

  Malcolm

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  Seppi Evans

  Hi-Res

  • April 08, 2024 08:27

  Yes, the analogue input gets converted to digital and passed to the digital outputs, it also gets converted back to analogue for the analogue out’s.

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