Has anyone finally decided to sell their Turntable and Vinyl collection?

my college days beer soaked lp's were discarded as trash- which they certainly were. I rebuilt my collection and acquired a nice dual turntable of which model I can't recall. Marriage and a three year old who delighted in separating the tonearm from the table shelved the LP's for awhile. I found a sony linear track tt which retracted into a compartment -child proof and OK. I retired my LP's when I found cd's.   I now have a JA Michell tt  and enjoy my albums again as I do my cd's . Have recently included streaming with tidal and think MQA sounds quite remarkable. BUT I still really enjoy cleaning that record, putting it on the turntable and cueing the arm onto a very carefully cared for LP. By the way my one time three year old now has the sony tt as protection from his now three year old.

prof08-25-2019 3:36pm

To me, LPs and CDs are like ANALOG PHONES and FILM CAMERAS...
JUST OUTDATED..

...Turntables have an aesthetic, tactile and engineering appeal to many of us that no CD player or iphone app can replicate.

I guess that’s what I don’t get. I couldn’t care less about the gear. I just care about the sound. To me that’s the whole point of the gear - to produce sound. And convenience comes in a close second. Love the fact I can voice-control everything. But I don’t get the fascination with expensive mechanical watches either. I guess I’m a function over form person. I like my art old and my functional stuff up-to-date.

Hey dougsat

Late to the party for this thread.  I was never a collector but sold off vinyl and full blown SOTA Star Sapphire rig and Fidelity Research arm in late 90's when when playback quality of cds finally struck my emotions enough.  I have NO regrets and enjoy both TIDAL and Quboz streaming plus my select ripped lossless redbook files.  I maintain a strong friendship with music friend with great vinyl to get an occasional fix...highly recommended!  :)  Onward, and More Peace.  Pinthrift  

nope. I kept all mine from 60's on. I did get a CD player, but never liked the sound. Got a nice tube amp/pre-amp and VPI Prime a few years ago. Just finished man-cave and cleaning all my vinyl on a new ultrasonic cleaner. LOVING the sound - esp being able to turn it up and not bug my wife.

jssmith +1 It's all about the sound/musical recorded event.  With so many single format, limited edition recordings on 78s, LPs and CDs, I'm not going to go streaming.  Plus, the sound of each format's recordings when mastered or remastered to a high standard, I like them all.  

topecat-I know what I've got.  I've been collecting/listening for 58 years.  There are some nice HMV vocals and a few valuable orchestral/soloist recordings but none are rare, just in unplayed condition.  Sure, on ebay I could get $20 for $30 or a Heifetz playing a sonata from the 30's.  But to take the time to list and mail 78s is a drag unless they are very valuable or someone has lots of time on their hands.  I run several businesses and own many properties so that's not likely.  I get to listen to recorded music at least 1.5 to 2 hours at night and perform a half dozen times annually (two weeks ago at L.A.s' Disney Hall).  I love music but I am not talented to make it a career.  I do have rare records worth $500 which I am not selling but acquired for just a few dollars.   I have sold LPs for up to $300 because of my rule not to keep them if I don't intend to play them.  That's where the ethnic 78s come into play where I will never have another format reissue them.  The U.S. copyright laws also prevent others from issuing these obscure recordings owned by Columbia, RCA and Capitol among other labels for 90 years.  Many labels charge $15,000+ to reissue recordings and the market is very tiny for these reissues, maybe 500 in sales only.  Blame that on the copyright laws.