If they entered into an agreement with Schiit Audio and made a similar table we would be faced with the question of knowing the difference between Schiit and Shinola.
VPI Industries reveals Shinola x VPI table.
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Hey all, Mat from VPI! We are excited for this collaboration @jperry your post just made my day! @mr_m by 2017 VPI will be down to 4 production tables all at different price points (not including the reference/Avenger tables). The Shinola table will sit right in the price point where the Classic once was so it should naturally fall into place. |
I may not be in the market for one of these but I'm still pleased to see the announcement. I've been a fan of, and own some, VPI products for years. And having grown up in Michigan I've also been aware of Shinola and their high quality products for some time. So an interesting coming together. And very funny jperry. Must admit I've wondered why Shinola was chosen as a brand name? |
The colloquialism "You don’t know s--- from Shinola, that’s why your shoes don’t shine" was a reference to Shinola shoe polish, a standard in American shoes from around 1900 until they went out of business in about 1960. Apparently when the head of an investment firm said he wanted to make high quality watches in the US, someone used the old colloquialism to describe his understanding of what it would take to do that. The name stuck and they became the Shinola company, geared to making quality American products including watches and bicycles. The current Shinola company is a new company, having been founded in 2011. There is no actual relationship to the old company, the new group just liked the name and obtained rights to use it. They manufacture in the US, although they use watch parts from Switzerland. |
"You don’t know s--- from Shinola, that’s why your shoes don’t shine" Nice story dtc, but I have some problem believing that was used in any form to promote the original company's polish. I always just associated the first part of the expression as a "street language" put-down, without including any reference to shoes. |
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google dumps bunch of adds that bring onto non existing page or wrong URL such as this one https://www.shinola.com/audio.htmlshinola.com?gclid=COLam4zsy9ACFYtLDQodtL8LnA |
Check out Michael Fremer's walk through of Shinola Runwell. http://www.analogplanet.com/content/shinola-launches-new-runwell-turntable#I7yRcR33XhAtVgVD.97 |