CROSSING THE VINYL FRONTIER
Yamaha’s streaming deck makes all your music multiroom-ready
Picture the scene: you pick out a treasured 12-inch from your vinyl collection, slip it out of its sleeve, place it on your turntable, drop the needle and break out in a wide grin as your living room fills with the familiar strains of a beloved tune. Needlescratch sound: your reverie is cruelly shattered when you realise you’ve promised to rid the kitchen of washing-up before your other half gets home – and you have 10 minutes to fulfil your pledge.
But fear not: with Yamaha’s range of Musiccast audio kit, the music can accompany you as you get sudsy with the sponge. The Musiccast VINYL 500 is a network-enabled turntable, able to livestream those warm vinyl sounds to any other Musiccast device in your home – or even your garden. From amps to soundbars, every model in the Musiccast range can link up for a rich multiroom experience, allowing your record collection to follow you around your home.
Wireless wonder
Cable spaghetti is nobody’s idea of audio heaven. But with the Musiccast VINYL 500, the days of turntables being held back by wires are long gone.
While you can use Ethernet to hook it up to your home network, it also supports 2.4GHZ and 5GHZ Wi-fi for fuss-free wireless connectivity – so there’s no chance of its sleek minimalist lines being spoilt by a tangle of wires. Equipped with a built-in preamp, the Musiccast VINYL
500 can hook up directly to your existing amplifier or integrate into a networked Musiccast setup. It plays vinyl like a dream, of course, but its charms don’t end there: Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz, Tidal and other popular streaming services are built in, as well as Bluetooth and Apple Airplay 2 – allowing you to control playlists with your phone and the Musiccast app.
So there you have it: a turntable that not only lavishes your vinyl with love but also lets you stream gleaming digital lossless tracks – in any room of your home.
To find out more about the Yamaha Musiccast VINYL 500, visit uk.yamaha.com