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Is anybody interested in a Shinola Runwell (designed by VPI) for a seriously discounted price? I don't have a need for it, so thought I'd offer it up here to see if anybody might want a bargain that I can't take advantage of. There has never been one for sale on eBay or on Audiogon — they are limited and this is the first one I know of that's for sale second-hand. Here's the scoop: The table is black on black; this color combo is sold out. As you can see, it looks amazing. https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7602587/36__1_.jpeg The turntable is near-new, used for only a few hours. A guy I know bought it but found it overkill for his small collection. He tossed the box (d'oh!), but I have plenty of experience packing audio equipment, and I will insure shipment for a full $2500. It comes with a manual and blank warranty cards. To get service under warranty, Shinola requires a proof of purchase, which the guy I know does not have. However, you have two choices: I have heard that Shinola will honor warranties with the card if the purchase was a gift. You could register the table that way. Otherwise, you could simply pay for service if the table ever needed it — which is doubtful, given the simplicity of the design. Shinola told me today that their practice is to fix things that come their way for a reasonable charge. The table comes with the built-in preamp and the Ortofon Blue cartridge mounted, as standard. Retail price is $2500. Given the limitations, I'm willing to move it for $1700, plus actual shipping costs, by PayPal. I have not bought or sold here, but I am a straightforward, honest person, and I have a shit-ton of feedback on eBay and other audio sites under the same user name. I am more than willing to talk if that would help you feel confident. If you're interested, it's much better to send me a PM than to reply to this thread. If you want to talk further, please act quickly. I don't know how long I'll be able to get a hold of it. If not, no harm done — as I said, I just thought I'd let people know of a potential great deal.

There's good stuff from almost every era, though you have to fight harder to find it in, say, 1984 or 1995. For example, most 'heads don't care that much for 1987, because shows were short, but the spring of that year is on fire and I love it too. I'm where most people are: I love much of 1969, 1973-4, and 1977, but I didn't see them in the Keith years, so later stuff like the best of '88/'89 and all of early 1990 still speaks most to me. My first GD show was 4/22/83. Lots of people love the GD for the jams, and I do too, but I really came to them for the songs, so Phish and the other "jam bands" don't do anything for me. I respect their playing, but their best songs are not even in the same league as an average GD tune — for me, at least. I have no interest in telling others what they should or shouldn't like, but I'd rather listen to a great songwriter like John Hiatt, Leonard Cohen, Josh Ritter, David Ramirez, etc. over Phish, Blues Traveler, or even the Allmans. If I just want to hear great players I usually listen to jazz. For live music I usually see local stuff so I can support young up-and-comers. If you haven't done so yet, everybody should check sofarsounds.com. It's the real spirit of live music in over 300 cities around the world.

Correct. I do have some Teslas and some Mullard (reissues). I think they both run about the same temperature. The Rowland is Class D, so it's slightly warm. Since I'm in the attic, when the sun is out it's just too hot with the tubes glowing. But at least it gives me something to look forward to in the fall.

It was huge, and there was so much stuff it would make me want to puke. Of course, they had more expensive stuff, but the standard stuff that goes for $15-20 now was everywhere for $5 each. That woulda been about 1996 or 1997. I don't know how big it is now, whether they've downsized or whether they've been able to keep up. I was driving through last year and tried to stop, but we got there right at 6:00, which is when they close. Bummer.

It was a birthday purchase, by far my most expensive LP ever for the time, at $100. There's one on the Bay right now for $300, about the same condition as mine. Go wild! Quite right. Thanks for the advice. I swear I tried that, but I guess not.

If you're 17 and you have 400 LPs already you don't need my stinkin' help —that's WAY more than I had at that age, and some of them were pure shite from the early 80s! OTOH, I'm sure my daughter would trade places with you just to prove what a shitty parent I am. ('Twas always thus, I suppose. She's actually a great kid. And as a dad I'm at least a 4 out of 10, maybe even a 6 on a good day.)

I got no idea why it won't let me type "vinyl" with an "s" on the end. I've tried three times. It corrects each time — basically proving my point, amirite?

This topic is giving me such a woody. I collected fiercely in the 1990s, in retrospect the best time possible since everybody was dumping LPs. I'd spend $100 or $200 at Jerry's in Pittsburgh or the various stores in Chicago, DC, the East Village, Vancouver, London, San Francisco ... and I'd come away with more LPs than I could carry. Sometimes I had to find a UPS drop-off before I got back on a plane. (There were no UPS Stores back then.) The first of two kids arrived in 1999 and they took most of my time, so I've barely bought any vinyl in the last 15 years. But for her 17th birthday last year the older one got an RP-1 she can take to college ("university" for those outside the US), along with 50 or 60 duplicates from my stash. Seriously, nobody should leave home without Blood on the Tracks and Astral Weeks (green label, natch) at the very least. I've bought a few things here and there when I find nice stuff for less than $25 or even less than $20 per disk. (Seriously? $25 for a single LP? WTH?!) I'm lucky enough to work from home, and we have a semi-finished attic, so the first shot is the view from my desk, and once or twice a day I climb into the chair to listen to one side as a break. Rock and pop is on the left; jazz, blues, and a small batch of classical live on the right. We old guys have a lot of the gems, like the original Art Pepper on the rack to the left above the 'table. Warms my heart that so many youngsters are keeping vinyl alive. https://imgur.com/08cq7ZW https://imgur.com/SCXQ6Kj https://imgur.com/VmTbgSk By the way, the plural of vinyl is "vinyl." You no more pick up "vinyl" (with an s) than you pick up "fishes" at the market for dinner. Stop me gnashing my teeth. Please. Be good, kids. Enjoy what you've got. These are good times for music, if for little else. If anybody cares: VPI Aries I with Lyra Helikon cartridge, Rowland Capri preamp, Rowland 102 amp (for summer), Mac Mini file server with Schiit Modi Multibit DAC and two hard drives (one a mirror of the other, backed up every day at 4AM), Quicksilver Audio Silver Sixty mono amps with stock EL-34s (for the cool months), Scansonic 2.5 speakers, Sunfire sub, DIY DH Labs cabling throughout. CDs in the background are all ripped to the server now, along with about 2000 live shows by various groups, especially the Grateful Dead. Anybody want the little silver disks?