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Jingle Bell Swing

Great gifts that bring you closer to the music you love

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Yamaha MusicCast Vinyl 500 WiFi turntable

Yamaha Music Cast Vinyl 500 WiFi turntable
Yamaha Music Cast Vinyl 500 WiFi turntable

Ironically, even though the hottest trends in audio are vinyl and wireless speakers, getting the two to work together usually demands some serious audio geekery. But Yamaha’s MusicCast Vinyl 500 streams straight to wireless speakers with no fussing or complicated connections. It works with Yamaha’s MusicCast speakers and receivers, and with speakers using Apple AirPlay, Bluetooth, or Spotify Connect. And it comes with an Audio-Technica moving-magnet cartridge installed, so it should sound pretty good, too.

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Brent Butterworth

Brent Butterworth has been a professional audio journalist since 1989, and has evaluated and measured thousands of audio products. He is currently a writer at Wirecutter and editor of the SoundStage Solo headphone site; served as an editor at such magazines as Sound & Vision and Home Theater; and worked as marketing director for Dolby Laboratories. He also plays double bass with several jazz groups in Los Angeles.