Playing Spotify through an older amp and speakers 13 November 2018 at 9:44PM in Music MoneySaving 10 replies 6K views

MRGANNET

I have a turntable at home which I play through a Marantz PM66SE Amp and B&M speakers. The amp and speakers are easily 20+ years old but sound great......is there any way I can connect something which will let me stream Spotify through this kit?

Owain_Moneysaver

What are you receiving Spotify on at the moment?

If it's a phone/tablet you can get Bluetooth receiver adapters, eg this. You'd probably need a 3.5mm-socket-to-twin-phono-plugs adapter lead to connect to the Aux/Line in of the amplifier.

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MRGANNET

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

What are you receiving Spotify on at the moment?

If it's a phone/tablet you can get Bluetooth receiver adapters, eg this. You'd probably need a 3.5mm-socket-to-twin-phono-plugs adapter lead to connect to the Aux/Line in of the amplifier.

Suggestions here [may include affiliate links]

Yes, just getting Spotify through my phone and playing through a Sonos One but the other speakers will be a lot better. Will take a look at the receiver adapter.....thanks.

MRGANNET

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

What are you receiving Spotify on at the moment?

If it's a phone/tablet you can get Bluetooth receiver adapters, eg this. You'd probably need a 3.5mm-socket-to-twin-phono-plugs adapter lead to connect to the Aux/Line in of the amplifier.

Suggestions here [may include affiliate links]

Just to check, do I need both of the items you've linked or just 1?

coffeehound

Sound outputted through a phones 3.5mm socket wont be great quality unfortunately. It’s good enough for most but a trained ear like yours may be disappointed. Taking the raw data signal and putting it through a dedicated DAC will give much better quality if you arent happy with the earphone output.

MRGANNET

coffeehound wrote: »

Sound outputted through a phones 3.5mm socket wont be great quality unfortunately. It’s good enough for most but a trained ear like yours may be disappointed. Taking the raw data signal and putting it through a dedicated DAC will give much better quality if you arent happy with the earphone output.

DAC....is that what Owain Moneysaver's second link above is?

A_Nice_Englishman

I'd try plugging the earphone socket of phone straight into the amp to start with. You'd probably need a stereo 3.5mm jack to 2x phono plug lead. Probably available in your local Pound shop.

If you're happy with that, no need to spend any more.

Owain_Moneysaver

MRGANNET wrote: »

Just to check, do I need both of the items you've linked or just 1?

Just one, to convert the amplifier input to bluetooth.

Assuming your phone is already sending/transmitting bluetooth.

parking_question_chap

Do you not mean B&W speakers? Never heard of B&M, I thought that was a junk shop.

sarah1972

parking_question_chap wrote: »

Do you not mean B&W speakers? Never heard of B&M, I thought that was a junk shop.

I thought they meant B&O speakers.

OP hasn't been online since last November so I guess they sorted the problem out.

Now I am intrigued, did they mean B&O, B&W or maybe B&M really do speakers :-)

benmyers

Did you mean B&W speakers?