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Post 1 made on Thursday February 16, 2017 at 13:52
flandon
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Hi guys,
One of my client got a Shinola Turntable
[Link: shinola.com]

They want to display it. They have a pass through Fireplace they never use in their Family room. I want to fill it with glass fishtank beads.(lack of better terms) conceal the wires in the Glass.
then Have the turntable rest on a "amp Stand" in the middle.
I was thinking of a BillyBags rack but they are out of business.
I found a VTI unit.
[Link: vtimanufacturing.com]
but I want it square on both sides.
Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Flandon
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Post 2 made on Thursday February 16, 2017 at 14:53
Neurorad
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Can you replace the glass top with a different square one? Would the bottom shelf/shelves of the stand be concealed by glass beads?

I used a VTI TV stand in my home for the last 7 years, just recently scrapped, went to wall-mount. It had 2 glass shelves, top and lower. After a few years of use, the lower shelf spontaneously shattered. VTI sold me a new shelf, easy transaction, I think the replacement was about $90.

Picture of the pass through fireplace might help.
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Post 3 made on Thursday February 16, 2017 at 15:01
Ernie Gilman
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Wow, that company sure made themselves a target for sarcasm:

In any turntable installation, don't extend the audio wires and be sure to connect the ground wire to the chassis of the (pre)amp you plug into. Turntable wiring is of a particular length so that the wire's impedance and length deliver the proper frequency response to a Phono Preamp's input. And, of course, you'll need a Phono Input, which is not a line level input. The cartridge's signal is about 20 dB down and must be dramatically equalized for proper playback of records.

What do you mean by square on both sides? Squares are equal on all sides, but turntable plinths are rarely equal on all sides. If by square you mean 90 degree corners, that base looks like it has them.
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OP | Post 4 made on Thursday February 16, 2017 at 15:56
flandon
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Hilarious Ernie.
The Shinola Doesn't have a Phono output. It's Line level. But other than that your are correct.

Yes 90 degree but the glass looks curved in the "front"

I am looking for something similar with that industrial look.
Flandon the mighty Dragon Fisher
Post 5 made on Thursday February 16, 2017 at 16:22
Ernie Gilman
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I couldn't help it.

EDIT:
Maybe they don't know sh*t from Shinola.

They have bicycles, too. They are hand assembled. So are the ones you buy at Toys-R-Us. They even have a profile photo of a bicycle assembly specialist, Alex. At the toy store, it's just about any stockboy. They have some great photographs of products that seem to promise more than they might deliver. This makes me wonder about the turntable. And the $2,500 price tag.

Imagine the complexity of a machine that could assemble bicycles, its cost, and the number of units per minute they'd have to crank out just to pay for the machine. They HAVE to put together bicycles by hand, but they've made it a feature so the unthinking status-seeker may not recognize they're getting ordinary with a spectacular ad story. This is like the "corn-fed beef" story. Farming companies turned away from the natural food of choice for cattle, which is grasses, and worked out how to feed them with corn. Then they trumpet that fact like it's an advantage when it's a deviation from the proper diet.

And maybe it's a flaw of my laptop, but when you open the column along the left, there's no scroll bar to allow you to see all the categories they have there.

Can a tech company that sells watch bands and has a bicycle assembly specialist properly conquer a completely different technology? I wonder.

Try Thorens.

Last edited by Ernie Gilman on February 16, 2017 17:22.
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Post 6 made on Saturday February 18, 2017 at 21:29
Neurorad
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Ernie, I also have recognized the corn fed beef scam, for years.

There may be better 'marbling' with corn fed, but it doesn't taste that way, to me.
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