Alan P

That setup will be more than enough for a room that size. 
 
I've had an Orbit Special with 2M Red for a little over two years now, and have nothing but nice things to say about the turntable and the company. 
 
The only issue I have had was a weird hum, which I attributed to a grounding issue, as it would stop when I touched the tonearm. After a few quick emails, they sent me a nicer pair of RCA cables, and a ground wire that goes from the white RCA to an outlet in the wall, which fixed it. Super friendly support staff too! As Alan said, the belt can be a little annoying, mainly when trying to go from 45 back to 33, as it stretches out a bit. Only takes like a minute to contract back to the original size though, so its not a deal breaker IMO.

I bought an Orbit Plus in August of 2018 and I love it. I had to replace the stylus back in the fall, and had some alignment challenges, and like was said U-Turn was easy to communicate with through email. The only thing I don't like about the turntable is manually moving the belt from 33 to 45 rpm--sometimes it falls off and doesn't go back on as easily as I would like.

My two cents is that I've had mine since backing the Kickstarter campaign and in the (8?) years since getting it I've had two technical problems. In both cases, they troubleshot it over email with replies very frequent and timely and they provided me with replacement parts to bring my table up to speed given improvements they'd made to the design over the years. So, that said I can't tell you it's the BEST table out there, BUT my experience has been nothing short of amazing and something is to be said for good customer service.

Welcome to the boards.  I hope to be actively interested in vinyl at your age.
Like MCDELTAT mentioned, this board lends itself to a lot of limited, newer releases and reissues.  I'm not too sure where your tastes fall – outside of Pink Floyd – but you may have the most success by monitoring specific "catch-all" threads – classic rock, metal, jazz, etc.  They seem to get updated with news of reissues a little more frequently.  Most of this forum is fixated on new age trash, pressed on colorful wax limited to < 1,000 copies.  As such, we are no stranger to playing the pre-order game.  And especially with Covid delays, placing an order that's supposed to take 6 months - but having it take 7-9 instead - is kind of accepted as the new norm, unfortunately.  Sometimes the advertised product doesn't even include all of the features or color of the vinyl that we were led to believe we were purchasing.  It's a frustrating hobby to keep up with, at times.  But not as frustrating as ignoring a release / pre-order in hopes of just "picking it up" later, only to find that all available copies are $80+ on the aftermarket.
 
Anyways, it sounds like you won't really have to bother with most of that nonsense.  Most of us are a slave to FOMO – Fear of Missing Out – which is why you'll see so much scrambling in a lot of the pre-order threads.  We're all just trying to stay ahead of the curve, and score our favorite limited releases to avoid gouging our wallets down the road.  The majority of users on the board are passionate about the releases they're ordering and discussing, but there are a handful of diddlers that lurk here and snatch up anything that's gaining buzz, in hopes of making a quick buck once it sells out.  Don't be one of those guys.
 
I'm sure you'll find something on VC that strikes your fancy, at some point.  But until then you may have to wade through a lot of goofy pre-order threads.  And if you ever develop a thirst for overpriced 7"s of Nickelodeon themes, or reissues of circa-2005 Hot Topic hits, we've got you covered.

Wow does anyone need to spend $85 on a stupid binder with some flexis that’ll never get listened to????
 
i mean, I did, but I’m an idiot.

I use Mofi/QRP sleeves and put them in the pocket alongside the printed sleeve.  The printed inners go in between the gatefold if they don't fit with the new sleeves (rarely).
 
Buying in bulk is your best option. QRP sleeves are the exact same as Mofi, but Mofi charges more for a diferent namestamp. $10 to ship, but still cheaper than $20/50pk mofi. I recently bought 1500 - AS ships them loose in their big record boxes.
250 QRP
500 QRP
1000 QRP
 
 

Never mind, found it on Amazon! 
https://www.amazon.com/Fountains-Limited-180-Gram-Transparent-Colored/dp/B08SFVQ36V/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=fountains+of+wayne+red+transparent&qid=1610853743&sr=8-1

Nah I'm super down for this.  I'm really hoping that a lot of back catalogues get pressed because of this service.  I get you pay a premium and the quality isn't the best, but it's FINE especially if you just get black vinyl.

Out of any other crowd funded pressing options this seems to be the smoothest and most sustainable for everyone involved.

Doh. I'm an idiot. 🤦‍♂️Completely missed the first link was Death cab and the second was Barsuk. Ordering now. Thanks!

Read about cheaper shipping on the Barsuk website:
 
https://www.barsuk.com/shop/bark198
 

Agreed. I had hoped to be able to get the “Proxima B” 7” as well to combine shipping, but that was gone. Only reason I didn’t pick that up was for the same reason, shipping being far too high and nearing the cost of the item itself. 

In celebration of the recent Georgia runoff election results, The Georgia E.P. is now available for pre-order on limited edition peach colored 180-gram vinyl.

This is the same E.P. that we released in December 2020 for one day only on Bandcamp to raise money for the amazing Georgia based voter rights organization Fair Fight Action. Although the fundraiser for this release has now ended, we wanted to re-extend our thanks to everyone who helped us raise over $100,000 for Fair Fight Action!

Produced, engineered and recorded by DCFC at home, November 16-19th 2020
Mixed by Martin Cooke, November 20-25th 2020
Mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering, Seattle, WA on Thanksgiving, 2020
Cover Art by Zack Bolotin (zackbolotin.com)
Management: Brilliant Corners Artist Management

This e.p. is dedicated to Stacey Abrams and all the hardworking people at Fair Fight.

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$16 plus shipping, ended up being $26 shipped for me. 
 
About $7 cheaper here:
 
https://www.barsuk.com/shop/bark198

Australian Pre-Orders
 
Official Store (D2C Splatter)
 
JB Hi-Fi (Pink/Orange Splatter)

GREAT band!
 
In for the purple splatter. 🤩

Sick! Still need to pick up the New Songs... EP too.

Middle Kids second full-length drops on March 19. They debuted the second single about an hour ago along with the pre-order. I absolutely love this band, one of my favorites from the last few years.
I ordered the "Exclusive Limited" Purple Splatter LP from Domino. Black variant also there.
Bandcamp preorder, digital and black vinyl.

Not seen any links yet, should pop up in the next couple of days

Repress of ST debut coming 26th Feb on transparent red vinyl from MOV
https://www.musiconvinyl.com/catalog/fountains-of-wayne/fountains-of-wayne#.X_89cej7SUk

Same, on repeat since December. Probably will be in pre-shipment forever, but I’m excited to see how these turn out.

I just got my shipping notification from Merch Central--I can't wait to see this, hold it, and spin it. Wound up as one of my top 10 albums of 2020.

Can't believe it still available for purchase. This album is awesome!

https://intheclouds.io/products/penfold-our-first-taste-of-escape?_pos=2&_sid=dcfacc76d&_ss=r (/200)
https://intheclouds.io/collections/vinyl/products/penfold-our-first-taste-of-escape-splatter (/300)

No but a very limited repress is coming.

Reputation. 

Yeah, for some reason I wasn't finding the Steadfast webstore. A friend linked me and I snagged the teal. So stoked!

New pressings of I'm Like a Virgin and Simple Math up now:
https://themanchesterorchestrastore.myshopify.com/products/im-like-a-virgin-losing-a-child-vinyl-5th-pressing
 
https://themanchesterorchestrastore.myshopify.com/products/simple-math-vinyl-5th-repressing