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
This reminds my of conversations I have with clients for collecting their social security benefits. They ALL want to start early as they can because to them it is all about the breakeven date. I always tell them that if they die before they reach that breakeven point “they will be the first ones not to know”! Best thing to do like I have done is put together a when I am dead file or folder. List all investment accounts with contact info, life insurance policy numbers with contact info, and list of all other material objects and values when purchased. I have also put all laptop and mobile device passwords in there as I scan all receipts and have them in a file.
I am trying to get my daughters to understand the difference in the sound from my system and their IPhones but it is slow to sink in as convince always wins out for now. 
I hadn't thought about it until - just now reading this thread.  I don't think my kids care about my stereo.  

Now, my high end boutique guitars - my son already has dibs.  
My son has already told me that he wants the gear and the speakers but that he does not want all of the music but we will see what happens when the time comes.
Only child is a daughter and is 5. LOVES music and really weird stuff which is awesome! Can hear a song a few times then figure out parts of it on her cheap electric keyboard. Pretty damn amazing. Stereo is in the basement and she has never been down there …. Ever….! 
Couple years from now when she’s not so pokey I will take her down and we will jam. I think she will be into it. 
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.