r/RecordStoreDay

Im looking for a record player thats cheap, good quality, and has good sound quality. Any suggestions or recommendations would be really appreciated

I’ve been working on a project called Aiko Listening Lounge, and I’m at a point where I’d love some honest feedback. Every day there are curated playlists made for audiophiles. I also wanted to bring back the intentionality of making a mixtape, so you can create your own mixtapes and play samples of the songs.

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I’m in the market for a record storage cabinet that has closing doors and a good amount of storage space. Calling vinyl album collectors, what cabinets do you have? Where did you purchase and what features do you like about them.

Does anyone know why Skid Row Live at the Moscow Music Peace Festival RSD 2026 Not Found On Discog. I ordered this online on the Sunday after RSD and after a few days got refunded as the store did not receive it from the Universal shipment. But a few weeks latter they emailed me and said they received them and oftered a $5 discount on that release. Placed and order for it and some other RecordsI. I got them yesterday and when cataloging  my shipment in Discogs couldn't find the Skid Row one. Also it is not on the RSD list anymore. Anyone know why its not on Discog or on the RSD 2026 List?

Seems like something that’s a lot of thought and work for just an RSD release so does anyone know/think it might have a wider release?

Saw this on the Vinyl subreddit early and it looks like they just restocked. I just grabbed one!!

I was thinking about getting a new record player and was wondering if anyone knew a good one to step up to? Right now I have an okay record player about 40$ but I was thinking about getting something better, maybe 80-120.

IMHO, I think that the way that you fix it is that shops prioritize access to their regular customers first. The folks who come in regularly to make it part of their regular routine get priority access/dibs. Then the masses get whatever is left. An example from last month, One of the local shops had a lottery appointment shopping hours for the morning and then opened it to the general public in the afternoon.

To further expand on what this could look like:

• If you've been making purchases regularly for at least X months before RSD,
• established a relationship with the staff, (you know their name, they know your name)
• done trades,
• Staff know what you are looking for when you come in the store.
• Signed up for the newsletter,
• followed them on social media,
• attended a listening party,
• bought a few non exclusive high flip records,
• said please and thank you, ran into staff at a local show.

Boom, regular customer shop time. Or an invitation to be entered into the aforementioned reserved appointment slots that a shop did before.

I think at the end of the day it's about relationships and community building. We all want to both enjoy our hobby and share in our passion. We can be edge-lords all we want but also want to make sure that there's accessibility to the folks who have no idea what this whole thing is about.

If we want the stores to survive into the next decade again, making sure that they are third spaces where gathering and community is going to be just as important as them being transactional hubs.

On a complete side note, I was a shut in depressive for a few years post pandemic and vinyl collecting got be back into loving music, which led me to go back to concerts, and one of my plans is to do a road trip to all the independent music stores I have bought from online over the years.

Has anyone recently ordered from Imusic and had problems with Customs/Tariffs requesting additional payments? I believe this was a problem when the tariffs crap first hit in the U.S. Any help would be appreciated.

Would it make sense to restrict buyers on RSD to 2 vinyl albums per purchase. If they want more they would need to exit the store and get in the back of the line. I think this would be one way to discourage the flippers who line up early, buy all the highly desirable vinyl, then head home to flip them on Discogs.

This would at least give the people that are in line an actual shot at buying what they’re looking for and take it home and listen to it and love it.