How much gear do you own?


Do you have multiples of amps, preamps, speakers, cables, etc?

I do, and am starting to realize it's leaning hard toward a sickness rather than a passionate hobby.  Either that, or I'm getting up in age and tired of all the "stuff" I've acquired taking up so much space.

I went through a phase about ten years ago where I got tired of stereo gear and dumped most of it.  I really regretted it after a few years and acquired most (and then much more) back.

But this time it feels different somehow.  And I really think it has to do with my age...pushing 60.

Others go through this?

Thoughts?

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Showing 4 responses by reubent

At age 62, I've become tired of having a bunch of stuff. A year or so ago I thinned down my LP collection to about 1000. 800 of them fit nicely into a single record rack in my audio room. The remaining 200 are family keepsakes that I don't listen to, but can't let go. They are in boxes in the storage room.

Last week I sold 3 turntables, an amp and a pair of speakers. Still have 2 inexpensive phono pre-amps for sale on my local Craigslist. If they don't sell soon, I'll list them nationally. 

When winter ends I'm going to start working on the garage. Need to get rid of the f-ing boat that prevents us from parking any cars in there. Need to thin the herd of bicycles to N+1. Currently at N+5. Also need to get rid of a bunch of auto parts I purchased for upgrading a couple of cars I no longer own.

I hope to continue to rid myself of unused stuff. Would love to greatly reduce the clutter in the house and garage.

@xcool  - And an issue for those afflicted with audio disfunction, and living in small spaces, is no storage room for the original packaging (especially speaker boxes. Really makes selling more difficult.

I currently live in a large family home with significant storage space (mostly filled with junk I don't use). I keep all boxes/packaging to ease the re-sell activity.

I think if I lived in a much smaller space, I would not have accumulated so many duplicates. I also would have sold/traded more records when I made new purchases. Oh, and I wouldn't have 6 bikes and 2 boats...

Sold another piece of spare kit again today - A Parasound Z-Phono phono pre-amp. Not expensive, but added the funds to the "what next" pile. Of the original list of equipment I sat out to sell last week, only have one inexpensive phono pre-amp left. 

Time to move on the the next grouping of stuff to sell...

Just sold my final piece from last week's Craigslist postings. All total, sold 7 pieces. All had their original packaging too, so I picked up quite a bit of shelf space. Now, on to round 2. Don't know how much stuff I'm going to sell, but 1500 CDs and a huge CE shelf that houses all of them, is likely on the list. Might also sell the complete set of 5 Thiel PowerPlane in-wall speakers that I accumulated for an HT setup that never materialized. And the Receiver and Subwoofer that was purchased for that setup. Liberating!