Do any of you kids , want your system ???

Had serious talks with a musically inclined nephew of mine regarding inheritance of my audio system, recordings and (even greater interest) collection of vintage keyboards, guitars and amps that I own.  He' still on and he feels 2 of the 3 grandchildren are good with it as well (for what that is worth at a young age . . . ).

Now, that bro who gave life to that nephew?  Crated up carefully an older Linn/Arcam-Monitor audio based system that I had for years and thought a wonderful present some time back.  He uncrated it, then put it in a closet about 18 years ago and never looked at it again.

It pays to discuss this in advance.  If I couldn't find anyone interested, I'd make arrangements through a shop/musician friend to find someone with little that would take pleasure in owning it.

My father wanted me to play football in high school. He very much liked the game and just assumed that I would as well. I was indifferent but my mother encouraged me to play for him. I was objectively better than average but had no passion and took no joy in it. Practice and playing was just fulfilling an obligation to him. 

My point is I don’t know for sure if my son will honestly want my audio systems when I’m gone and I don’t worry about it. He certainly has right of first refusal, but I don’t try to get him to see value as I see it. My passions won’t ever be his burden. 

“Do any of you kids, want your system ???”

At this juncture in life, thankfully, no. What the future will bring as life progresses is anyone’s guess. 

Can’t speak for anyone but myself. As my system became better and more expensive I moved it to a dedicated sound room, not necessarily to protect it but to get better sound. My children have no idea of great sound because honestly I hide it from them I guess.

I remember around age five my parents had a stereo console and late at night in my room my Dad playing Beatles albums and etc. in the family room. The sound wasn’t necessarily great but what great memories. Later my fathers system evolved in the 70’s but it was still in the family room and on the weekends he’d play Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne and it would fill the house with sound. We wouldn’t sit in front of the stereo to find the sweet spot and I’m not sure at the time we had any idea what that was or cared. Great memories.

Guess my point is why would any of our children want this? I truly enjoy my system but I do see at least for me it’s sitting in a room alone to meditate. This is not a bad thing by any means but my kids don’t get it and honestly it’s not what I grew up with either.
My advice to young audiophiles is to keep your systems out in the open, don’t only sit in a chair, but share the experience with your family and maybe, and just maybe, your kids will enjoy it. Doubtful my kids have any desire to inherit my system even though I know they love music. 
In the end it’s just a hobby, and ok most kids aren’t into what their old parents like and why should we think they want to be confined to a chair? It will not be this home, but the next I’d like to move my system back out into the living area and not worry or care about sitting in the sweet spot but just enjoy the music with my others.