I have a fairly large collection of old tube equipment - including some really old Garrard turntables that run 33 up to 78. Plus a wide variety of unopened styli. I'm still in the process of setting up the rig I'll be using but the rest of the stuff is up for grabs.

Anyway I don't think many people understand how different the sound of an LP through a tube amp is versus a compressed-source transistor-amped experience. It is like night and day - the transistor amps sound like they are under water compared with a tube amp. And vinyl just sounds so much more natural than anything else I've heard. (Well- other than a set of Meridian speakers... but that is a different class of audio)

Anyway good luck.

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