ART Vinyl Mix: A Phono Preamp and Switcher With Bluetooth (2026)
The ART Vinyl Mix is $149 CAD. It is a phono preamp for anyone who wants to plug a turntable straight into studio monitors or an audio interface, and it doubles as a small source switcher for a CD or cassette player, a phone, or a Bluetooth stream.
Four inputs in one box
Most budget phono preamps do one job: they bring a turntable's small signal up to line level. The Vinyl Mix does that for moving magnet cartridges, then adds three more sources you pick with one button on top. There is an RCA line input for a CD player, a cassette deck or a turntable with its own preamp, a 1/8" aux input, and a Bluetooth receiver for your phone.
That turns it into a hub for a desk or a small listening setup. Your record player, a tape deck and your phone can share one pair of speakers, and you switch between them without touching a cable.
Outputs for the studio and the hi-fi
The outputs are where the Vinyl Mix stands apart from older ART phono boxes. It has balanced 1/4" TRS outputs for studio monitors or an audio interface, RCA outputs for an AV receiver or a power amp, and a 1/8" headphone jack.
The 1/4" and RCA outputs run at the same time, and the RCA output stays at a fixed level. You can send a steady signal to a recorder or a receiver over RCA while you turn your monitors or headphones up and down with the big volume knob.
Sound
ART calls this the best-sounding phono preamp it has designed. The phono stage uses a hybrid passive RIAA correction circuit with Burr-Brown op amps, and the Bluetooth input goes through a 32-bit Burr-Brown DAC. It is built for moving magnet (MM) cartridges, so if your turntable uses a moving coil cartridge, check that before you buy.
Who it is for
Producers who sample vinyl get a clean phono stage with balanced outputs that go straight into an interface. Anyone building a desk setup around powered monitors gets a turntable input, Bluetooth and a headphone jack in one box about 13 cm square. If your turntable already has a built-in preamp, the line input still makes the Vinyl Mix useful as a switcher with Bluetooth and a volume knob.
Canadian pricing and availability
The ART Vinyl Mix is $149 CAD at Blackout Audio, available across Canada.
