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


It Maybe a little strange to ask this question here since clearly this is a forum for folks still loving and using Vinyl.
So I am looking for some feedback from folks that play very little of their LPs these days and have decided to sell all of it (or already have). I have thought about it for years seems like a hassle trying to sell your TT and or your record collection, that is mainly why mine stays put (not because I use it).

Anyway if you have sold - (Not if you’re keeping it forever)

Have you regretted it?
Or is to nice to reduce the clutter and happily move on?

Some people would never sell their analog rig and collection, I get that.





dougsat
I just upgraded my digital side...today I’m to lazy to put a record on...we will see what the future holds....small 1000 plus collection mostly classic rock,  50’s and 60’s Jazz. Would be hard to let go.
I’ve been collecting LPs since I was ten, now I am 57, so, I have thousands of lps.  The thing is, I can pull out any one of them and tell you how old I was when I bought it, what system I was using  and what store I bought it from. I really can’t do that with any of my CD’s.

Lps have so many memories wrapped up in them.  I play them more than any other source.

My wife sold her Sondek/Basik combo and a good deal of her LPs three or four years ago when she decided they were a burden.  Before she got rid of the records, she transferred some of them to digital.  Sometimes she has regrets!
As for me, I've been collecting records, 45s, 78s, etc. ever since I was about three.  These include records I inherited from my audio enthusiast father (have I mentioned this in previous posts?).  Dad actually built tubed mono Heathkit separates while he was in the military in the mid 1950's.  When he went stereophonic, he gave the Heathkit gear to me.
In any case, I met my wife in the early 1980's when we were working at a Tower Records.  In that era, not only could employees get records at a discount, you'd get hosts and hosts of new releases for free.  Our collections bloomed to the point where we'd occasionally perform 'blood-lettings' at the Amoeba in Hollywood, or wherever else they'd buy old stuff.  And of course, we'd always be buying new stuff.  CDs.  Elpees.  Cassettes.  I won't mention the four-track and eight track tapes me and sis got in an earlier era.
I'll cut to the chase.  Me and the wife still have about ten shelves' worth of vinyl, 45's, etc.  I have first pressings of Beatles albums me and Sis bought new, both in mono and stereo.  Shaded Dogs bought new by Dad.  I filched a Casino Royale Soundtrack from stuff my cousin abandoned at his childhood home when he moved out.  The stuff is on my turntable all the time. Do they sound better than the digital media?  Not all the time, but more often than not.  Sorry to say, I have no way of playing the 78's. 


Late last year my wife went full time for her job.  We decided to sell our house in the country and rent in the city until her retirement in a couple of years.  Massive downsizing required.  
I sold all my records and stereo equipment, and with the money I made from the sales I bought a Bluesound PowerNode 2i streamer, a pair of ELAC speakers and some HIFIMAN HE-400i open backed headphones. With the rest of the money I could get a 60-year Qobuz subscription. 
Funny thing is,  now I don’t spend time or money looking for, buying, cleaning or organizing records. But I listen to MORE music, newer music, different music. Of course, everything is put on hold due to COVID...