We don&#39;t do a Christmas gift guide every year, but we decided we&#39;d select some trinkets and tchotchkes that we&#39;d recommend as gifts this year. Our only constraint was that we don&#39;t choose music. 

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<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3y5MH6S" rel="nofollow">Sonos Roam</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3rMIpjK" rel="nofollow">IK Multimedia iLoud Micro Monitors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3DmIX1X" rel="nofollow">Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music, Alex Ross</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3EAHrdX" rel="nofollow">Gator Frameworks Desktop Microphone Stand</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3DznGSH" rel="nofollow">Leatherman Rebar Multitool</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3DmIX1X" rel="nofollow">No Music on a Dead Planet t-shirt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3y58I5K" rel="nofollow">IK Multimedia iRig Keys 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wearyourmusic.com/pages/famous-musician-guitar-string-bracelets" rel="nofollow">Wear Your Music guitar string bracelet</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3Gk5I8q" rel="nofollow">Audioengine B-Fi</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3pM2X9v" rel="nofollow">Belkin SoundForm Connect AirPlay 2 Audio Adapter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3lNg358" rel="nofollow">Sonos Arc</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3pzjFJ3" rel="nofollow">Binder Clips 1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3DDBQlE" rel="nofollow">Binder Clips 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.diffordsguide.com" rel="nofollow">Difford&#39;s Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/31DkmsA" rel="nofollow">The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3rIwzag" rel="nofollow">LITROK USB Volume Controller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://syngspace.com" rel="nofollow">Sync Cell Alpha</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thenexttrack.com/196" rel="nofollow">Episode #193 - Is Stereo Wrong?</a></li>
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Episode #225 - ABBA's Failure

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.