Vinyl shopping in Tokyo

[Joe P]

https://audiofi.net/2020/01/vinyl-shopping-in-tokyo/

 

[Solypsa]

Osaka is pretty great for vinyl too. Prices were not 'low' but quality is on another level versus used records stateside imo.

 

[jeff1225]

I love how the record shops carry gear in Japan.

 

[Folsom]

I love how the record shops carry gear in Japan.

Some in the US do to, but we have a lot of lower quality stuff in general for gear...

What I hate is when they don't have a listening station!

 

[Tango]

https://audiofi.net/2020/01/vinyl-shopping-in-tokyo/

Thank you. I have bookmarked this site.

 

[wcheng]

The Japanese obsession with cleanliness seems to extend to their records too. All of the records I've bought in Japan are in at least vg+++ condition, with most looking like they are brand new.

 

[TLi]

Tower Vinyl, Shinjuku and Recofan, Shibuya are good for tourist. They provide sale tax refund, while others like Disc Union and HMV don't.

That is 10% difference.

 

[Tango]

What I hate is when they don't have a listening station!

You should have a Sound Burger like me.

 

[Folsom]

You should have a Sound Burger like me.

For real? You have one of those?

 

[astrotoy]

Me, too. When Sound Burger was marketed in the US they called it Mister Disc. I got mine years ago. Still works well. Some record shops didn't let me use it. It was better than the TT's that they had in the stores. LaRRY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Disc