Hey, I'm JR, training manager here at Crutchfield, and today we'll be talking about the House of
Marley Stir It Up wired and wireless turntables. House of Marley is a company that makes products
with Bob Marley's family so that they can take in and incorporate Bob Marley's ideals
in the products that they make. Bob Marley was all about music and the environment. For example, etched
into the aluminum tone arms on these turntables is a Bob Marley quote: "One good thing about music,
when it hits you you feel no pain." House of Marley is incorporating that ideal and other Bob Marley
ideals and principles into building all of their products. Bob Marley also cared deeply about the
environment, and House of Marley takes that into consideration when building all of their products.
For example, on these turntables the plinth is made of bamboo. Bamboo is one of the most
renewable resources on the planet, so it's perfect for something like this, and it looks really nice.
These are fully manual turntables, which means there's no automatic motors moving the tonearm
and setting it down into the groove on your record or removing it from your record when your record's
done playing. 100% manual means you have to move that tonearm yourself, which is it's the proper
way to listen to vinyl anyway. And as I mentioned, that tonearm is a straight aluminum tonearm
with a pre-installed Audio/Technica moving-magnet cartridge ready to go. These turntables are also
belt-driven, which means there's a motor mounted inside of here, acoustically decoupled from
the platter itself, driving it with a belt. You can choose from 33-1/3 or 45 speed, and it does
come with an adapter for your 45s. The platter itself is made from an anti-resonant, recyclable
aluminum, and on top of that is a REGRIND silicone anti-slip mat, made from also environmentally
friendly materials. The turntable also comes with a REWIND fabric dust cover to cover it when you're
not playing vinyl, and those fabric dust covers are made of cotton, hemp, and recycled PET or plastic.
So once you put a record on either of these turntables, you have several ways to get the music
out of the turntable. One is a headphone jack right on the front of the plinth; you can simply plug in
a nice set of headphones, no other sound system is needed, no receivers, no amplifiers, no big speakers.
You could just plug a set of headphones in, put the record on and enjoy your music. On the back of the
turntables is a set of RCA preamp outputs that you can use to connect to pretty much any stereo
system. It does have a built-in phono preamp, so if you're using it with a stereo that does not have a
phono input on it, a set of RCA inputs, maybe they're labeled "CD" or "tape," you can plug this
into any of those inputs. Just turn the built-in phono preamp on and you're good to go. If your
receiver does have a phono input, you can turn the built-in preamp off in these turntables and plug
it directly into your phono input. And lastly, on the Stir It Up Wireless version of this turntable
it even has a Bluetooth transmitter, which you can use to send to pretty much anything with
a Bluetooth receiver. So if you have a portable speaker or a pair of powered speakers, or maybe
your home stereo receiver has Bluetooth, now you can wirelessly pair it up to your turntable.
Both of these turntables also have a USB output, which you could use with a computer. If you have
some software on your computer that's designed for recording audio, you could connect your turntable
directly using the USB cable to digitize your vinyl. Another nice touch found on the
wireless Stir It Up turntable is the Bob Marley emblem or logo. On the wired version it's burned
into the bamboo; on the wireless it is a metal badge that includes Bob Marley's logo, his name,
and his birthday. You also have the option to get the wired or the wireless turntable as a bundle
with a pair of House of Marley's Get Together Duo powered speakers. They'll look great with
these turntables since they also have a bamboo front or baffle on those speakers. They're powered,
they're Bluetooth, you can even take one of those speakers out with you since it has a battery built
in. So it's your turntable wireless speaker system and a portable speaker system, and all of it, the
turntables and the Get Together Duo speakers, come with a two-year warranty. So if you're looking for
a turntable that both looks cool and sounds great and is also built with Bob Marley's ideals in mind
music should make you feel better and it should be built in an environmentally friendly way,
these two turntables are a perfect choice. If you have any questions about them, please get in touch
with us here at Crutchfield. Go to crutchfield.com/contact, you'll be able to talk live with our
advisors either over the phone or you can chat with us online. You can also post your comments
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