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How to Make a Home Stereo Bluetooth Wireless?

Today, many stereo receivers, CD players, turntables, and other home stereo components come with Bluetooth wireless built-in. But what if you have an older home stereo where some or all

Do Powered Speakers Need an Amplifier?

Powered speakers, also known as active speakers, are compact speakers commonly used for music listening at home, as monitors in music studios, and as PC speakers. Do powered speakers need

How to Tell if a Turntable has a Preamp

One of the confusing things about turntables (and record players) is that they come with and without preamps. Turntables with preamps are just as common as turntables without. If a

Does an Expensive Phono Preamp Sound Better?

I recently did a lot of reading about the importance of phono preamps. On vinylengine.com I found a discussion thread where the original author stated that he had seven different

What Makes A Turntable Good?

In this article, we’ll look at the four essential criteria that make a good turntable good. Furthermore, we’ll look at how we can achieve good vinyl sound and I will

Does A Turntable Need Speakers?

If you are new to vinyl records and turntables, one questions you might have is whether a turntable needs speakers or not. If we ignore the very inexpensive all-on-one record

How to Make a Turntable Wireless?

In this short guide, we’ll look at how we can make a regular turntable wireless and use it to stream music to Bluetooth speakers and other Bluetooth capable stereo systems.