connect turntable to Home pod

Hi,

There is some information about this around the Internet. It’s certainly possible, and not necessarily expensive.

I have this set up here, which works well:

• Technics SL1800 turntable - plugged into a:

• Behringer UFO202 audio adapter. This has a Phono amp built in, and can also switch to line-in - plugged into:

• USB-Lightning hub (you can use just a plain USB-Lightning adapter, but I preferred to have power available, so a hub with two Lightning ports is useful) - connected to:

• An iPhone, I use an old redundant iPhone 6S so I can leave it all plugged in, and free up my normal iPhone - running software:

• AirChord app, which will connect the audio input to your airplay speakers:

• a Stereo pair of HomePod Minis.

Also have a search on Reddit, there’s quite a following for the AirChord app there.

As you already have a Phono amp, you can just use that and switch the UFO202 into line-in mode (it’d probably sound better). There is the UCA202 which is line-in only, but is weirdly slightly more expensive (they’re both only around £20 here in the UK though).

Hope that helps.

not likely only way to play audio out of an homepod is airplay 2 Use AirPlay to stream audio - Apple Support

most devices that support airplay 2 only support them acting as the reciever, devices that support sending the audio stream to say the home pod would to my knowledge by limited to iphones, ipod touch, ipads, computers with apple music or itunes, and appletv boxes

A Win Pro Plus would enable airplay2 streaming from turntable to HomePods.

You sure can,

I did something janky awhile back.

Connected the USB from my turntable to my MacBook, opened GarageBand, turned on Monitor setting while having the USB line-in from the turntable enabled. Then I was able to Airplay over output audio on my HomePods, you can only choose one output. The EQ is pretty nice to mess with on GarageBand.

Crazy_about_music wrote:

Thanks so much for your detailed reply. I did purchase the Behringer UFO202 and have been able to test it out with my Bose 500 speaker but only in BT not Wi-Fi. I am using my iPhone 12 to test it as my old iPhone 6 doesn’t seem to connect to the Bose properly via BT. Not sure why.

The other issue that I find odd is that on the AirChord app it says that you can’t use Airplay2 with Home Pod speakers. Are you using BT to connect to the Home Pod minis?

The website hasn’t been updated yet, but if you look on the Reddit groups, do a search for AirChord 2, there is a link there to get a new Beta version that does work with a stereo pair on Airplay 2.

However, the very latest version available on the App Store does now also include stereo support too (not sure why it says it came out 2 years ago, it was only a few weeks ago that came out?)

I just use mine using Airplay to the HomePod Minis, so can’t help with the other stuff. I know that does all work fine though.

Cheers.

Hi Jerad! Your suggestions are of great value. But I have two more concerns:

1. whether a real-time play could be reached through your solution?
2. My turntable has a usb-B output port for ripping(Sony LX310BT). I’m not sure whether it is compatible with your solution.

Thanks for your answer. Looking forward to hearing from you.

(oops, sorry, I haven't spotted this was a longer thread, and I'd already responded.)