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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
musicpod
192 posts
 
My nephew wants my system.  Fortunately.  And, he will get it upon my passing.
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jimrobie
44 posts
 
I offered to donate and build a system with some of my excess equipment for my single nephew who likes music.  he expressed some interest and then showed me the plans for the distributed system he was buying from Crutchfield - ceiling speakers and sound bars.  he would be considered an "audiophile" by today's standards of smartphone listeners.  we are a dying breed for sure.  
truman
167 posts
 
Oh Dekay, don’t go....
but yes, "no" the kids don’t care. In 2 - 5 minutes they can no longer contain themselves to sit and just listen, the cellphones come out. Playing a music video lasts a bit longer, but never expect any actual appreciation. Sad really.
And it does not bode well for the industry.

-There’s a little ball, Apple’s Home Pod Mini. My son has one. Pretty amazing bass really for such a little (mono) ball. It plays anything you tell Siri to play including "mood catagories", "60's Folk", "Impressionistic Classical" etc.  Might be a clue. Encroaching Digital Disruptors.
inscrutable
312 posts
 
Wife will take all the Beatles, Buffett, and Louis Armstrong recordings, if only to preserve for the music she wants at HER funeral. 😁
Daughter not interested at this stage with 3 young children. A bit more with SIL. I hope as the house calms down he/she may have some interest. The real prospect is my two youngest grandkids (2+ and 1+), who always grab the toy guitar and music making toys at our house. May indoctrinate with a TT , and a large supply of cheap stylus replacements 😁
streamwork
10 posts
 
My oldest son loved my Krell, Apogee, Linn, Dynavector system from the 90’s and wanted them when I no longer did(AKA died). He preferred vinyl for serious listening. Four years ago I when I was diagnosed with a terminal illness of expected short duration I gave him my records, the Krell and the Linn plus my Chartwell LS 3/5a’s. I kept the Apogees so I could update the crossovers. But by that time my second son wanted something too so I began to build a second system that was more ‘modern’ and built around streaming and apartment living. But he loves tubes. I’ll keep that system until I really depart. Which is better? It’s a generational thing. 
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