Home Theater Systems Buying Guide
Yamaha MusicCast VINYL 500 Overview
This high quality turntable allows you to stream your records and other music services like Spotify and Pandora wirelessly to other MusicCast speakers without the hassle and mess of cables.The VINYL 500’s Wi-Fi capability ensures high quality streaming sound throughout your house to other MusicCast devices. To reduce noise from vibration, the VINYL 500 features a straight tonearm and belt-drive motor, providing high quality sound throughout your home.
Product Information
Product highlights
- Belt drive Wi-Fi turntable with DC motor
- Stream your vinyl to other MusicCast devices in your multi-room setup
- Static balance straight tonearm with 19mm overhang
- 100 dB or higher dynamic range
- Piano black finish matches your rooms interior design plan
- Voice control with Amazon Alexa
- Bluetooth version 4.2
- Apple AirPlay compatible for your iOS devices
- Control your music through the MusicCast app on iOS and Android devices
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 17 3/4" x 5 3/8" x 14 1/2"
- Weight: 12.6 lbs.
- Warranty: 2 years (World Wide Stereo is an authorized dealer for every brand we sell)
- World Wide Stereo 60-day guarantee and expert product support
Your Favorite Vinyl, Anywhere
With the Yamaha MusicCast VINYL 500, you can take your favorite record - be it Bruce Springsteen or the Sugarhill Gang - with you to any room. Wirelessly connect the MusicCast VINYL 500 turntable to other MusicCast speakers to listen to music in a multi-room setup.
Stream Your Music
When the record stops, your music doesn’t have to. The Yamaha MusicCast VINYL 500 lets you connect other devices and stream from your favorite music service to any room. If you’ve reached the end of the b-side, take out your phone and fire up Pandora or your favorite Spotify playlist to keep the tunes rolling.
Performance and Style
With a beautiful piano black finish, the Yamaha MusicCast VINYL 500 looks as great as it sounds. The MusicCast VINYL 500 features a straight balance tonearm with a 19mm overhang to reproduce that natural vinyl sound but also contains a belt-drive motor to reduce noise from vibration and providing high quality sound throughout your home.
Amazon Alexa Compatibility
The Yamaha MusicCast VINYL 500 is fully compatible with Amazon Alexa-enabled devices. The ability to use MusicCast is as easy as saying “Alexa, ask MusicCast to play Jay-Z in the kitchen.” Communicating to your preamplifier has never been easier and the ability to control speakers throughout your home is intuitive with the MusicCast VINYL 500.
Specifications
Specifications
Network
- File format: Mp3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC: Up to 48kHZ/16-bit, ALAC: Up to 96kHz/24-bit, FLAC/WAV/AIFF: Up to 192kHz/24-bit, DSD: Up to 11.2MHz
- Ethernet: Yes
- Wi-Fi: Yes (2.4/5GHz)
- AirPlay: Yes
Bluetooth
- Version/profile: Version 4.2/A2DP, AVRCP
- Audio codec: SBC, AAC
- Maximum communication range: 10m/32.8 feet, 10 inches (without interference)
Turntable
- Drive method: Belt drive
- Motor: DC motor
- Rotation speed: 33 1/3 RPM, 45 RPM
- Rotation speed variation: ±2%
- Wow and flutter: 0.2%
- Platter: Aluminum diecast (diameter 30 cm)
- Output level: 450mV (-7dBV, with RIAA EQ, 1kHz, 3.54cm/sec), 2.5mV ± 3dBV (without RIAA EQ, 1kHz, 3.54cm/sec)
- Signal-to-noise ratio: 67dB or higher (A-weighted, 20kHz, LPF)
Tonearm
- Tonearm: Static balance straight tonearm
- Effective arm length: 223.5mm
- Overhang: 19mm
- Stylus pressure adjustment range: 0 - 4g
- Acceptable cartridge weight: 15.5 - 19g (including headshell)
Attached Cartridge
- Cartridge type: MM type
- Output voltage: 2.5mV (1kHz, 3.54cm/sec)
- Stylus pressure: 3.5 ± 0.5g
- Cartridge weight: 5.0 ± 0.3g
- Cartridge height: 17 ± 0.7mm
- Headshell weight: 10g
Audio
- Output terminal: RCA 2 (phono, line)
- Output level: 2.0 ± 0.3V (1kHz, 0dB, Fs 44.1kHz)
- Signal-to-noise ratio: IHF-A network 110dB or higher (Infinity zero, Fs 44.1kHz)
- Dynamic range: 100dB or higher (1kHz, -60dB, Fs 44.1kHz)
- Harmonic distortion: 0.003% or lower (1kHz, 0dB, Fs 44.1kHz)
- Frequency response: Fs 44.1kHz; 2Hz to 20kHz (+0/-3dB), Fs 48kHz; 2Hz to 24kHz (+0/-3dB), Fs 96kHz; 2Hz to 48kHz (+0/-3dB), Fs 192kHz; 2Hz to 96kHz (+0/-6dB)
General
- Power consumption: 6W
- Eco-standby (reference date): 0.3W
- Standby power consumption
- Network standby ON, Bluetooth standby OFF, wired: 1.4W
- Network standby ON, Bluetooth standby ON/OFF, Wi-Fi: 1.8W
- Network standby ON, Bluetooth standby ON, wired: 1.6W
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 17 3/4" x 5 3/8" x 14 1/2"
- Weight: 12.6 lbs.
What's in the Box
What's in the Box:
- MusicCast Vinyl 500 Wi-Fi Turntable
- Manual
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