19 Great Gifts for Music Lovers
Box sets, books, and gear for the chart-toppers in your heart at holiday time
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Powerful enough to replace home-stereo speakers, compact enough to sit on a desk, and under 11 inches tall, the Audioengine A5+ speakers look as good as they sound. ($469; audioengineusa.com)
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Sly and the Family Stone's Higher! set chronicles the forefather of funk's best work and serves up 17 previously unreleased tracks, all with annotations. ($59.98; myplaydirect.com)
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Tangleproof cables, antimicrobial eartips, and an in-line microphone make the Monster iSport Intensity headphones a runner's dream. ($99.95; monsterproducts.com)
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The Puma Soundchuck is a pair of Bluetooth wireless speakers in a portable weather- and shockproof package. ($129.95; apple.com)
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From a company seen on ABC's Shark Tank, the Epishock travel speaker turns any flat surface into a surprisingly loud audio system. ($44.99; origaudio.com)
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Snoop Dogg: Reincarnated documents the rapper's metamorphosis from Dogg to Lion in a colorful coffee-table book. ($33.53; bookdepository.com)
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Punk pioneers the Clash deliver with Sound System, a 12-disc set that includes five remastered albums, B sides, video footage, and more. ($177.29; target.com)
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The gTar is an app-enabled smart guitar that looks and feels like the real thing...with an illuminated interface and light-up frets. ($399; fab.com)
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Buy a pair of LSTN Troubadour headphones — made with reclaimed wood — at the newly launched Toms Marketplace, and you'll help restore hearing to a person in need. ($150; toms.com)
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Into mid-century design? The Soundfreaq Sound Sport wireless home speaker offers a way to take music from room to room without compromising your aesthetic. ($69.99; soundspot.com)
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This Echo Design Headphone hat isn't just for show — inside are removable lightweight headphones. ($69.99; echodesign.com)
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John Varvatos: Rock in Fashion spotlights the fashion icon's many rock-and-roll influences with classic photography capturing legends like John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Slash, and more. ($60; johnvarvatos.com)
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Pound for pound the best Bluetooth speaker for the price, the JBL Flip speaker gets seriously loud, connects wirelessly with any BT device, has a solid five hours before recharging, yet is lightweight and tiny enough to fit in a small carry bag. ($99.95; jbl.com)
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The astonishingly thorough Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection Vol. 1 encompasses the folk master's entire official discography — 42 full albums and then some — and magically fits it all onto a nifty harmonica-encased USB drive. ($248.49; amazon.com)
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Amp up your GarageBand compositions with the Apogee Mic, a studio-quality microphone that connects to iPad, iPhone, and Mac. ($248.49; apogeedigital.com)
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Give the gift of unlimited streaming music — over 20 million songs and counting — with a Rdio gift card (starting at $10; rdio.com)
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Slim and sleek, the Monster GODJ streamlines a DJ's heavy turntable equipment into one handy device, headphones and all. The portable party system boasts two touch-panel LCD screens, a lightweight 286 grams, and a 12 hours of unplugged power. ($599.95; monsterproducts.com)
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The Singing Machine Home is a wireless sound machine by day and a kick-ass karaoke system at night. ($299.99; bestbuy.com)
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With the HP Pocket Playlist you don't need an Internet connection to stream and store movies, music, TV shows, and photos on your mobile device. (starting at $129; hp.com)