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


Gents: 

I’ve experienced a buy/sell of my giant speakers

anyway, As we are an older Demographic 

2 questions: 

1) if you go to audiophile Heaven,  do any of your kids want your Hifi ?
    I asked that , over Christmas, and caught a defeating silence and laugh “ no” frickin way
    Way to big !!!  And lots of laughs over the conversation 
2) when that time comes , How does anybody get rid of all the Hifi stuff ?         Does the spouse?   Cuss you out and sell for $5 a garage sale ?   My guess; it’s a lot of work to sell correctly ?   My wife answer was enlightening!!!
It’s an ugly/funny question , But I’m really wondering how it happens

Hifi geek 


jeff 
frozentundra
My 8-year-old son has gotten hooked in a big way.  I set him up initially with a vintage Fischer receiver and a vintage Pioneer direct drive turntable that was given to me by the widow of a long-time music lover.  I replaced the tiny table-top speakers with a pair of Wharfdale bookshelf speakers.  One channel on the Fischer died, so I replaced it with a 35-year-old Onkyo receiver I had stashed away over a decade ago.  He was jealous of my OPPO disc player, so I pulled an old Sony DVD player out of a closet and set that up so he could start listening to CDs.  That morphed into buying him a Bluenode 2i so he can stream as well.

He constantly tells me his speakers are way better than my 25-year-old Von Schweikert VR4s, and his turntable is better than my 35+-year-old B&O.

If I died tonight, he would gladly take my OPPO 205, Bryston amp and Don Sachs preamp.  But he would toss the speaker and TT.  I guess that is better than nothing  :-)
Both of my kids enjoy listening but think it would be too complicated to move and set up. I'm still thinking about exactly how to handle it. One idea is to post ads for the entire system "pick up only" for a hugely discounted price.
@roxy54 

Actually Bob Seger said it not me. 
And I agree with you completely about the cycle of life. 
It’s too bad more people don’t understand or can’t accept  that death is a natural and necessary part of life. Especially in a country that puts so much emphasis on religion and an “afterlife “. 
Of course my daughter won’t want my crap, she is a smart young woman not a grumpy old man like me or all the ones you see at audio shows.