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Gifts for Good Sound with Great Design
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items These are the tools that pulled me deeper into music: cleaner sound, smarter design, and a setup with curated design.
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The upgrades that actually changed how my setup sounds. Turntable, cartridge, stabilizer, cleaner — the essentials that made vinyl listening go from “good enough” to intentional listening.
Beautiful centerpiece, solid build, and a real step up from the starter turntable phase. It’s such a simple build, yet gad the control you need for quality sound. If you’re ready to level up, this is a great move.
Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO Audiophile Turntable
Swapping to this was the biggest sound upgrade I’ve made without replacing my whole setup. Clearer, tighter, way more detail. If you want your turntable to actually show off, start here.
Sumiko Moonstone Phono Cartridge
Keeps vibrations to a minimum during playback, which is key when you live near train tracks and have a toddler running around the house. Also looks great on an all-black setup. Looks great, feels high quality. It’s all you need.
Pro-Ject Record Puck Heavy Weight Stabilizer
Goods
Books and tools that inspired me to care more about music — the design behind it, the culture around it, and the fun of making it yourself.
This book is basically what pulled me down the hi-fi rabbit hole. It lays out how audio gear evolved as design objects with form, function, and obsession all in one place. If you’re even a little curious about better sound, this sparks it.
Hi-Fi: The History of High-End Audio Design
Not every record sounds great with clicks and pops. If snap, crackle, pop is your thing, avoid this at all costs. But if you enjoy listening to clean audio, do yourself a favor and cop one of these.
Boundless Audio Record Cleaning Brush
Paper sleeves that come stock shed and scratch, and nobody buys a record to hear that. These are cheap insurance for keeping your collection clean and protected as it grows. Once you upgrade a few, you kind of never go back.
Invest In Vinyl 50 Rice Paper Anti-Static LP Sleeves
My collection has grown to the point where I’m utilizing my kitchen storage space for my overflow. Outer sleeves are my line of defense against dust, grime, toddler hands, and everything in between. These keep jackets clean without adding bulk or gla...
Invest In Vinyl 100 Clear 3 Mil LP Sleeves
A great reminder that vinyl isn’t just audio, it’s visual culture. As a designer, I keep coming back to this for the history and the craft behind some truly great pressings. If you collect, it earns its place on the coffee table or shelf.
Extraordinary Records (Multilingual Edition)
Super fun way to mess around with samples without needing a whole studio setup. Small, affordable, and a great way to get ideas out of your head and into sound. Perfect if you’re curious about making music and don’t want to overthink it. My 2 year ol...
Korg Volca Sample 2 Digital Sample Sequencer
Jim Marshall captured music history like few others: raw, loud, human. Great reference if you love the culture around what you’re listening to.
Jim Marshall: Show Me the Picture - Photography Legend
The perfect ornament doesn’t exis-
Finest Mini Record Ornament - Blue Note Records
A perfect entry point into Miles. Clean recordings, iconic playing, and a box set that looks great on the shelf. If you’re just getting into jazz, start here and you’ll understand the hype fast.
Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings [4 LP]