At a crossroads. Leaving the hobby?

[chapps]

The main gripe with pursuing this hobby now is that prices are exorbitant...in 5 years the same gear has gone from very affordable to unaffordable. I mean ri-di-culous. It's better to leave when I still got money in hand!!

 

[onwardjames]

Not leaving the hobbly but... I may have to 'sell everything off' (or give it away) because I can't take it overseas to Asia with me. Won't fit in the luggage.

Hopefully, I can find a shipping company that does 10' or 20' shipping containers, door-to-door -- at a reasonable/realistic price.

I can 'box up' (large shipping boxes) and ship ALL of my LPs & CDs without a problem ~ $330. But the boxes are handled 'roughly in transit', which is understandable, it sure ain't no 'joy ride', so just pack it well.

I don't think the stereo equipment would make it. Just buy 'new' on the other end I guess, nothing special, just a good-sounding rig. I'd be O-U-T of the 'Sansui collection business', MY MUSIC PASSION, and that's a SUPER Bummer.

My 2 guitars & 3 music amps go too. Just keep one hollow body '67 Gibson L-50 and take it on the jet with me I guess (cost ?), and even that is questionable.

I need a real shipping company for sure.

Does anyone have any ideas or experience shipping volume internationally???

Dude.....wishing you the best in your relocation. That's frightening, but exciting!

 

[Mister Pig]

Well

Not leaving the hobbly but... I may have to 'sell everything off' (or give it away) because I can't take it overseas to Asia with me. Won't fit in the luggage.

Hopefully, I can find a shipping company that does 10' or 20' shipping containers, door-to-door -- at a reasonable/realistic price.

I can 'box up' (large shipping boxes) and ship ALL of my LPs & CDs without a problem ~ $330. But the boxes are handled 'roughly in transit', which is understandable, it sure ain't no 'joy ride', so just pack it well.

I don't think the stereo equipment would make it. Just buy 'new' on the other end I guess, nothing special, just a good-sounding rig. I'd be O-U-T of the 'Sansui collection business', MY MUSIC PASSION, and that's a SUPER Bummer.

My 2 guitars & 3 music amps go too. Just keep one hollow body '67 Gibson L-50 and take it on the jet with me I guess (cost ?), and even that is questionable.

I need a real shipping company for sure.

Does anyone have any ideas or experience shipping volume internationally???

There are some awesome audiophile passionate Chinese and Taiwanese companies now. You can get superb audio playback for affordable prices.

 

[chapps]

Well

There are some awesome audiophile passionate Chinese and Taiwanese companies now. You can get superb audio playback for affordable prices.

As someone interested seriously, can I request a few suggestions for 2 channel amplifiers, 150W or so? Or any other interesting finds? Pm me to keep from hijacking thread.