You can certainly draw up instructions on what to do with your gear, and how to operate it
"Year of the Purge, 2018 Is".I'm already downsizing and in 15 years might be all digital with little or no hard media and streaming most of my choices. No tape right now, and I do a record show twice a year, so my goal will be just a single turntable, a preamp pushing one of my two tube amps and a set of bookshelves. The A7s will go at some point,perhaps if/when I move, but could survive me and my family may wind up seling them, but they know the value of them.
Honestly, I'm not a collector and rarely critically listen, so my media is basically a matter of access, not uniqueness, and 90% can be easily replaced via streaming satisfactorily.
As an avid scrounger attending hundreds of estate sales annually, I made my decision years ago to not leave my family piles of detritus to sell, and resolving Keg's estate has only strength my resolve. I'll leave my family a stack of cash,or good experiences bought with it. than piles of old records, receivers, speakers, parts, tools etc. to have to dispose of.
We've already made several trips to the Salvation Army to donate DVDs, kitchen goods, books, Christmas decor, excess furniture, clothing, junk drawer items, and more, and will continue to do so. It's already nicer with less clutter, and will get better as I have declared 2018 The Year of the Purge.
I'm not getting any younger, but lately I've been thinking about creating a will. . . . Has anyone else thought or laid out steps for vintage audio instruction?
offer $10 bux for that box of Miles Davis, Monk, blue notes, master tapes
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If you're out looking for music, stumbling on Blue Note titles, and don't know about BN, you should look into it. Same for all those jazz labels. There's gold in those hills, music wise and money wise.I actually just bought a few dozen, Miles Davis, Contrane, and Count Basie for $2/ea, and a few were blue notes (I actually have no idea what a blue note is, just saw it on a few jackets). I bought them because they were in excellent condition, didn't know they're worth anything.
If you're out looking for music, stumbling on Blue Note titles, and don't know about BN, you should look into it. Same for all those jazz labels. There's gold in those hills, music wise and money wise.
Did you find CDs or vinyl?
Yikes!Vinyls, they were all stamped on the jacket and record label what I assume is the previous owner's name. From internet sleuthing, I believe the PO was a 70 year old that worked for a cyber security consulting firm.
There were actually a lot more of them from dizzy gillepspe, and monk. But I don't listen to those artists, so I left them.
Yikes!
Even if it ain't your thing, $2 Diz, Monk, BN, etc vinyl is worth grabbing for trading(or trading in) purposes.
I know vinyl collectors usually dislike writing on covers, but at thrift prices I get a kick out of it.
I've got a small Erroll Garner collection that I found over a few months awhile back. They just popped up with the same name on the back every so often. I have no idea who Bernie, or Bernard F------- is, but I dig his taste in music.
Oh yeah, stop by again if you can.Like I said, I have no idea what blue note was. I saw a bunch of new vinyl hit the shelves, went through it, and grabbed everything I recognized in good condition. I bought 38 in total, mostly Miles, Contrane, and Basie. I just remember the Blue Note on the jacket and sleeves as I was going through them, cleaning, then listening. I've only gone through half of what I picked up so far. Guess I'll need to stop by GW and see if any are still there, been 3 days so far.
Oh yeah, stop by again if you can.
Unless it's trashed, any old BN title you find will be 'worth' more than $2. Even the reissue copies. Same for a bunch of the other jazz labels like Prestige, Jazzland, Riverside, etc, or the major labels like Columbia who put out jazz.....
Even if you don't like it, you can most likely parlay that into something that you do.
Bummer.Well, just checked, all gone. At least I think I ran off with the bulk of the good stuff 3 days ago.
I guess it depends on what's in the collection.Does anyone really think someone is going to sell the records from an inherited collection lol? Lets see we'll price this at $2.00 cuz motorstereo said so......... oh boy look at that one that's worth a 5 spot........... In my case I inherited a substantial record collection a few years ago and don't cry now vinyl collectors but most of it got tossed in the 30 yard dumpster. Yes I hate tossing things out just as much as the next guy. Going through losing a good friend and having to out source his vast collection of all things audio you'd be surprised what can quickly become worthless to the beneficiary.
But, wouldn't you want your family to know what is of worth and what isn't?I guess it depends on what's in the collection.
If I pass on and my wife and kid don't want to deal with the vinyl do I expect them to go on and on trying to sell those $2-$5 albums individually? Nah. Bin-ing stuff like the blues, jazz, Beatles, Wilco, Zep, etc would be silly from a money point of view, though.
Even if it's way below market value they're better off being cashed in.
Even stuff that has little to no value dollar-wise it is better off being donated to a thrift, or given to a music fan who'll dig it.