Amateur inherited an audio system...

one more comment to say that your speakers have achieved legendary status. they are worthy to be passed down to your future kids. selling them may cause you a lot of regret later in your life. very nice cd player too, its big brother 508 is an icon in cd history.

a passion in music will stir up your senses and likely make your sex life more enjoyable :) i won't claim that audio heaven is better than sex, but it is pretty darn close and just as addictive. may you enjoy them all!

Get someone over to set the system up properly, listen to it and see how you like it. Check into what it is worth. If you need cash more than you want to listen to music through this system sell it. Otherwise enjoy your good fortune and listen to music. You have received a very nice gift but if you don't have an appreciation for it, sell it and put it into the hands of people who will appreciate it and take the cash. It's really that simple. But certainly listen to this system properly setup or you won't know what you have. IMHO Audiogon folk will appreciate your offerings if you decide to sell more than ebay folk. I'd try A'gon first and then if it didn't sell in a reasonable period of time try ebay.

"I might not get any for a while, but at least I will have my music."

Well, when you figure that most albums last for at least 45 minutes ... and you can put on another after that ... ;-)

it seems to me that you've been given a real opportunity; whoever bequeethed you this system must have had something in mind; enjoy your opportunity--lars

For what it's worth, many years ago under pressure from my wife of three years, I sold my complete stereo system. I had all top line stuff... MacIntosh Amps/Preamps, B&O turntable, Tandberg reel-to-reel, a pair of Klispschorn designed folded horn speakers, etc.

I dearly loved my music, but she hated having music ANYWHERE in the house and at ANY volume. Too, the speakers were fairly large (approx. 30wx30dx40t) and those "...had to go because we had no place to put them." However, the speakers were hand-built by my father just for me and they meant a lot to me. As often happens, the stupid husband, trying to appease the wife, caves in.

Years later, I divorced the wife for other reasons... though these things could be loosely related... only in how this reflects her selfish nature.

At any rate, I really wish I still had those speakers, but they're gone forever. I wish now that I had told the wife to stick it... I'm keeping the speakers!!

Just ones man's story, and again... FWIW.