Sell it if you do not use it. To keep it as a furniture is nonsense. I sold my Vikings ice skates long time ago :) What is the reason to keep high performance professional equipment if you don’t use it anymore!?
Have you asked yourself this question?
Lately I have thought about selling my entire analog set-up: Turntable, phono preamp, and vinyl collection. It's a good system, but my digital system sounds good enough that I don't listen to the analog system any more.
For purposes of illustrating my dilemma, my system is as follows:
Analog system: Linn Sondek LP12, upgraded with Lingo II power supply, Karousel bearing, and trampolin suspension. Loci Psionic Tonearm with practically new Clearaudio Maestro cartridge. PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamp. Plus, about 450 records, mostly popular stuff from the late 60s, 70s and 80s.
Digital System: Metrum Acoustics Streamer (Roon endpoint) plus Metrum Onyx DAC.
Just curious if any of you have thought about selling your entire analog rig, because you don't listen to it. What did you finally decide? Interested in your experiences.
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I own about 400 records, purchased used, and the ones I've kept are without surface noise. Including the cost of my vinyl rig, I've made roughly a $12,000 total investment in the platform. That $12,000 could get me a decent streamer, but not a top-of-the-line one, so I don't see a big cost advantage between vinyl and streaming, at least in my case. Also, the music I like best is from the 60s, 70s, and early 80s, which was mastered specifically for vinyl, so it sounds great that way. When I am in the mood for more contemporary music, I stream on my Bluesound Node, and that's fine for me. But my go-to is vinyl, and I'm happy with it. |
'Truth be told, if there was an easy method of sorting, cataloguing and selling a 1,000+ albums, I would have pulled the plug years ago.' You may list and sell your record collection on this site (If it is easy enough for you) https://support.discogs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004051893-Quick-Start-Guide-For-New-Contributors https://support.discogs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001562473-How-To-Sell-Music-On-Discogs
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You get a USB to SPDIF converter. Streamers always start with an asynchronous data stream, USB. This is the way information is exchanged in the computer world. The question is where the stream is clocked for music. It can be clocked in the streamer, or in the DAC, or as in my case, a very trick master clock. Moon Audio and Arrender make really nice converters. The best is the Berkeley Alpha USB. I have one, but I do not use it any more as I have a master clock |
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