Gifts for Music Lovers: Headphones, Vinyl, Books and Things for the Listening Room

Gifts for Music Lovers: Headphones, Vinyl, Books and Things for the Listening Room

Gifts for music lovers: headphones and speakers, turntables and records, music books and prints, listening room pieces and things to carry.

For the Person With a Playlist for Everything

Gifts for music lovers are about how they listen. I picked headphones, records and books for the person who knows every lyric, plus a few things that make the listening room better. These are my gifts for music lovers.

Headphones and Speakers

Headphones are the gift they will use every day. The Sennheiser Momentum 5 and the Loewe Leo are beautiful, and the Noble Audio FoKus is for the serious listener. The KEF Muo is a small speaker that sounds great.

Numbered collage: 1. Loewe Loewe Leo Wireless Headphones; 2. Status Audio Status Audio Pro X True Wireless - GoldenSound Edition; 3. Noble Audio Noble Audio FoKus Artemis Wireless Headphones; 4. Sennheiser Sennheiser Momentum 5 Wireless Headphones; 5. KEF KEF Muo HiFi Portable Bluetooth Speaker; 6. ELAC ELAC NAVA 100 Portable Bluetooth Speaker; 7. Audeze Audeze Maxwell 2 Wireless Gaming Headphones; 8. Hifiman Hifiman Ananda Unveiled Headphones

Turntables and Records

Vinyl is a gift that feels like a ritual. The Beatles Rubber Soul and Billie Holiday's Body and Soul are classics, and Mitski and Carly Rae Jepsen are newer favorites. The JBL Spinner turntable gets a collection started.

Numbered collage: 1. Carly Rae Jepsen Carly Rae Jepsen: Emotion Vinyl LP; 2. Fontaines D.C. Fontaines D.C.: Dopamine Chamber Vinyl LP; 3. Mitski Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We (Gold Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP; 4. The Beatles The Beatles: Rubber Soul (180g, Half-Speed) Vinyl LP; 5. Billie Holiday Billie Holiday: Body And Soul (Verve Essential) Vinyl LP; 6. Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis Quintet: Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (Origina; 7. JBL JBL: Spinner Bluetooth Turntable; 8. Big Fudge Vinyl Wooden Wall Shelf Bracket

Books and Prints

Music books are for the coffee table. Jim Marshall's photographs of the Beatles and the Grateful Dead are wonderful, and The Art of Rock is full of poster art. Stompbox is for the person who loves guitar pedals.

Numbered collage: 1. Chronicle Books The Beatles by Jim Marshall; 2. Chronicle Books The Grateful Dead by Jim Marshall; 3. Dust & Grooves Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World’s Greatest Guitarists [Second Trade Ed; 4. Dust & Grooves Portables: A Visual & Historical Exploration of 222 Vintage Portable Tur; 5. Imagine The Art of Jazz: A Visual History; 6. University of Texas Press Screen to Screen: The Poster Art of Austin City Limits; 7. Abbeville Press The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk; 8. RIT Press Sculpting Sound: Günther Kieser’s Music Posters

For the Listening Room

A listening room needs soft light and a good smell. The Tala Wake lamp glows like a small moon, and the Maison Louis Marie and Fischersund candles set the mood. Les Fumées adds a bit of salt.

Numbered collage: 1. Tala US Wake Table Lamp; 2. Maison Louis Marie No.09 Vallee de Farney Candle; 3. Les Fumées Salt Candle; 4. Fischersund No. 23 Candle

Carry and Wear

Music lovers carry it with them. The Ossa phone case and the Métier Cala tote are practical, and the Toteme Roam tote is a favorite. Earrings from Jennifer Fisher and The Gold Album are for the concert.

Numbered collage: 1. Ossa iPhone Case; 2. Métier Cala 32 Tote; 3. Heaven Mayhem Mini Knot Earrings; 4. Jennifer Fisher goop Hoops; 5. The Gold Album The Parallel Earring; 6. By Pariah Orbit Hoop Earrings; 7. Toteme Roam Leather Tote; 8. Jane Win Jewelry LOVE Coin Pendant Necklace

What to Pick First

If you are choosing one, pick a record. It is personal and it starts a collection. Headphones are for when you want to go bigger.