{"id":168637,"date":"2024-01-28T18:54:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T18:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=168637"},"modified":"2024-01-29T20:05:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T20:05:24","slug":"victrola-launches-stream-onyx-budget-turntable-that-works-with-sonos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/victrola-launches-stream-onyx-budget-turntable-that-works-with-sonos\/","title":{"rendered":"Victrola launches Stream Onyx Budget Turntable that works with Sonos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victrola took advantage of its appearance at CES 2023 in Las Vegas to\u00a0announce\u00a0the Stream Onyx turntable.\u00a0It&#8217;s essentially a budget version of last year&#8217;s Stream Carbon.\u00a0Both are capable of broadcasting sound from a record to the Sonos system &#8211; a Wi-Fi module is provided for this, and the corresponding settings take place in the proprietary Victrola Stream mobile application (works on iOS or Android).<\/p>\n<p>As Scott Hagen, CEO of Victrola, said, \u201cWe have retained the amazing DNA of Victrola Stream Carbon with some changes in materials and finishes to bring this amazing solution to even more Sonos-equipped homes around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_168639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168639\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-168639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-56.jpg\" alt=\"Victrola launches Stream Onyx \" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-56.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-56-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-56-560x315.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victrola launches Stream Onyx<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Indeed, the external differences of the budget model are in the materials.\u00a0While the glowing volume control and bezel of the Stream Carbon are metal, the Stream Onyx is all plastic.\u00a0The tonearm, which last year was made of carbon fiber, has become metal.\u00a0The pre-installed MM cartridge has also become cheaper &#8211; now it\u2019s an Audio-Technica VM95E, while the Stream Carbon had an Ortofon Red 2M.\u00a0Their cost differs by one and a half to two times.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, both devices are similar.\u00a0They are equipped with two-speed motors driven by a metal disc.\u00a0And it\u2019s easy to distinguish Victrola Stream Onyx from Stream Carbon by its finish.\u00a0The first is completely black, and the second has silver elements.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, the <a href=\"https:\/\/victrola.com\/products\/victrola-stream-onyx-works-with-sonos-turntable\">Victrola Stream Onyx<\/a> costs $600 &#8211; $200 cheaper than its predecessor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victrola took advantage of its appearance at CES 2023 in Las Vegas to\u00a0announce\u00a0the Stream Onyx turntable.\u00a0It&#8217;s essentially a budget version of last year&#8217;s Stream Carbon.\u00a0Both are capable of broadcasting sound from a record to the Sonos system &#8211; a Wi-Fi module is provided for this, and the corresponding settings take place in the proprietary Victrola [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/victrola-launches-stream-onyx-budget-turntable-that-works-with-sonos\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":168638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-168637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}