Best gifts for music lovers UK 2023: presents for audiophiles, from turntables, vinyl, to ANC headphones

A fabulous, reasonably-priced all-in-one turntable for vinyl collectors.

With a gorgeous, retro inflected design, the Lenco LS-100 also benefits from the latest aural technology: you can access the player via Bluetooth and play tunes through the built-in speakers from differents sources.

A compact number, the sound quality is impressively good for such a low price point and easily beats the competition of other all-in-one turntable/speakers.

The queen of rock has released an absolute doozy of a vinyl boxset in time for Christmas. It’s the first time the band has released a boxset in their 50 year history, and boy, they haven’t skimped on quality.

With ten albums in total, including their first six studio albums recorded for Chrysalis: Blondie, Plastic Letters, Parallel Lines, Eat To The Beat, Autoamerican, The Hunter.

The boxset contains:

• 124 tracks / 36 previously unissued

• Two volumes of liner notes, track by track commentary, illustrated discography, and dozens of previously unpublished photos

• Remastered from the original analog tapes, vinyl cut at Abbey Road Studios

Take our word for it - the albums sound quality is absolutely gorgeous. A must for serious vinyl collectors.

These beautiful cans are fabulous for serious musician credibility. Created by legendary amplifier brand, the over ear Bluetooth headphones offer superlative sound quality - crank up the beats when your out and about.

Better yet, the Active Noise Control technology is seriously impressive - we wore these on a long haul flight, listening to pink noise, and they blocked the cabin noise out and helped us lull ourselves to sleep very easily.

Oh, we love this. Want to get the party started, whereever you are? The Wonderboom will do you proud. Every edition of the Wonderboom has been fabulous, and although it’s little more than a Bluetooth speaker, it’s an awfully good one.

Why? It’s battery will last an impressive 22 hours off one charge, it’s bassy and loud - especially if you have a bass-heavy party playlist. It’s small, portable, and has a bluetooth range of 40m.

The outdoor mode is great: activate it, and the speaker will cut bass in favour of midrange and treble - you’ll notice how it helps the music fill the open air.

Know a musicophile? this will tickle her fancy - one of Britain’s most beloved, celebrated troubadours tells the story of his life via the astonishing lyrics he’s written.

Paul McCartney’s life and art is captured through 154 songs from every stage of his career: boyhood compositions, a decade with The Beatles, to Wings and his solo albums to the present.

It’s presented with a selection of never-seen-before material from McCartney’s personal archive - drafts, letters, photographs which make this also a unique visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

What a mighty speaker. Cor, we love this. This portable speaker is heat, cold, rain, humidity, sand, and everything else resistant. You can take it anywhere, and the sound throw is impressive - it’s beautifully bassy in an open space. Want to throw a garden party? The Move is your man. It’s capable of loud volume levels - and keeps composed when pushed to its limit. Sonically, its very satisfying when using Bluetooth playback too.

Of course, it syncs easily to any existing Sonos network, so you can set up the sound system in your home with ease.

Want to throw a great listening party? Booze and Vinyl is a brilliant guide - showcasing 70 great records from the 1950s to the 2000s, advising the cocktails to drink alongside. From modern craft cocktails to old standbys, Booze & Vinyl is organized by mood, from Rock to Chill, Dance, and Seduce.

This is your guide to a rich listening session for one, two, or more.

There are rock’n’roll autobiographies, and then there are rock’n’roll autobiographies. This is the latter.