Yamaha Musiccast Vinyl 500 is a just-launched device from the Yamaha Musiccast series that has a turntable needle at one end and a wireless speaker or Amazon Alexa assistant at the other. Software and hardware integration did not bypass the turntables, those wonderful creatures that have been more than just a box with a motor, tonearm, and cartridge for some time now. However, the variety of integrations and the functions it enables impose that we invent a new name for each type and subtype of the device in order to know exactly what it does. Sometimes it happens that the