What's going to happen with all your audio gear after you kick off?

What's going to happen with all your audio gear after you kick off?

  • I'll let my family decide who gets what and what to do with the rest

    Votes: 73 28.2%

  • I'm giving it all to someone who loves it as much as me

    Votes: 44 17.0%

  • It's going to one or more charities or non-profits

    Votes: 6 2.3%

  • I have not given it any thought

    Votes: 17 6.6%

  • Who cares, I'll be dead and gone

    Votes: 67 25.9%

  • It's going out to the curb

    Votes: 3 1.2%

  • I've made an inventory, and provided guidance on what things are worth

    Votes: 42 16.2%

  • I'm giving it to a museum

    Votes: 1 0.4%

  • Something else - see my reply

    Votes: 35 13.5%
  • Total voters
    259
^ I've smashed old junk before just for puerile entertainment value, but what the hell is up with the guy in that video? 8 plus minutes of putting on a quasimodo act (or would it be Marty Feldman from Young Frankenstein) smashing up a BPC boom box? Man, the internet has set the bar low.

Put an aerial mortar shell inside of it, run a long fuse out to light, and at least properly blow the thing up.
 
@jayvis, I watched that, and have to remark that the guy says the old can capacitor blew up with no warning at all. Uh, I saw the smoke pouring out for a few seconds before it let go. Dude is lucky he didn't get hurt badly, being practically right on it when it detonated. Even then he made a hell of a mess of his workshop. He should have had the cage on it while testing under power, even if brought up slowly on a variac.

And yes, I've had caps let go before.
 
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MarksGarage said:
Hat tipped, small bow, and all the respect to you knowledgeable experts, yet here is another perspective.
Me - My hobby has always been focused on cars, with an analog receiver here and there and such. I truly appreciate all of the sounds in recordings and value good equipment (Marantz & Altec Lansing --> now Denon and Klipsch). I am aware and considerate of how my hobbies impact and could impact family.
The uncle - About 10 or so years ago, he was going on and on about how "stoked" his heirs will be getting all of his vinyl collection and equipment when he passes.
I objected. I told that he would be giving us an incredibly big job and a lot of responsibility. Note that he bought his first JBL Paragon in the late 70s, and had always bought two copies of any given record. One to play and one to save unopened/un-played.
Current day - He passed about a month ago, never planning for any disposition. Out of 4 of us, I am the only one that can't let it all go ignorantly. Thus, I have a new job and a good-sized demand for climate-friendly storage space.

Note, this is my first post and expect to be active moving forward.

For now, I need to find a vintage hifi expert for appraising and testing/maintenance in the Los Angeles area. Any recommendations?
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I am sorry for the loss of your Uncle. Sounds like one of us.

There are MANY good AK'ers in that region. I recommend that you start a thread in perhaps Dollars and Sense, and ask the same question.

DO NOT let it go, ignorantly. That's just my opinion, others will likely tell me to stow it.

I wish you luck, and again, sorry for the loss of Uncle.
 
Interesting topic. I have lapidary work some pretty valuable. I have speakers too though home made which are really good. Talking with one of the people who would be involved in what goes where and stated that I needed to sell off gem stones before I died because no one in my family has the slightest idea of what is there nor how to represent it for sale. His comment was well we can learn. I told him no you can't. My experience over the last thirty years of buying selling and cutting can't just be duplicated on a whim by people who had so little interest in what I did when I offered to teach them.

Heirs 99% of the time could care less about your passion and will treat your treasures accordingly. Get rid of things while you can and keep some of the best and enjoy the money. Or remember that you got more for your goodies then they would have and just leave them with a bigger pile of cash, which they do know about and appreciate. I have watched life time labors of love stamp and coin collections, where the man tried to interest his wife and or children in his hobby, be sold for pennies on the dollar because they just wanted to be rid of Elmer's dumb stuff. These people turn a million dollars into ten thousand in a heart beat because the DO NOT CARE and NEVER CARED.

What I leave, unless I pass sooner then I think, will be stuff they do not have to hurt their little brains learning about. It is how they want it too by the way.

The other option which I will do with my shop is have it all put up for auction with a reputable auctioneer and if they like something they can buy it at that time. Some of these auction people do good work since the more the goods bring the more they make.
 
A lot of my gear is DIY so I doubt anyone in my family would want any of it. Maybe it as free to whomever wants it. The record collection? I should sell the semi- valuable ones before I kick the bucket. Haven't decided about the rest. Maybe I should make out that will I should have done a long time ago.
 
SmileyFaceEQ, Thats funny I was just watching some of his videos yesterday. I live only 3 hours from Skylab never been there though. I have so much stuff now I do not have any room for more. I mentioned in a earlier post that I told my son I do not care of course why would I but he would be throwing away a small fortune with my tubes that I have and I have a lot. This is why I have 3 Pangea HP-201 tube amps and some others. Easy to roll and use my dental pick set if the pins get loose in the sockets. I then use my expensive amps. The thing is those Pangea amps and the amps that I have that cost a lot more there is little difference in the sound that I can tell. Hell I just run those mostly. Yesterday I posted in the what are you listening to forum and I just picked up an Acturus 12AT7 tube NOS NIB 28 bucks I have a used one but I jumped on this one. I have many Teles , Amperex and whatever but this tube for whatever reason just shines and not even broke in yet. All subjective yes but man what a great tube.!!!! I hope it does not die on me as there seems to be not many out there. For me a hidden gem. Anyway yeah is it not amazing how much vintage stuff cost these days. Well take care my friend.
 
I’ve posted before, but time has now passed and I’ve got a better idea of what might happen.
A son in law will likely claim my gear. However, he’s not what I would call a “maintainer” of things.
I expect most of the gear will be broken or in bad shape within a few years of my passing.
Hopefully I’ll stay around long enough to get most of my equipment’s useful life out of it
 
trinhsman said:
I’ve posted before, but time has now passed and I’ve got a better idea of what might happen.
A son in law will likely claim my gear. However, he’s not what I would call a “maintainer” of things.
I expect most of the gear will be broken or in bad shape within a few years of my passing.
Hopefully I’ll stay around long enough to get most of my equipment’s useful life out of it
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Then put something in your will like

"...and my entire stereo system shall be placed upon a platform and given a Viking's funeral..."
 
Well as I said I really do no care he will see it all and there is a lot. However I told him in no way toss the tubes .. they are worth a fortune. I have many that one cannot get anymore. I pounded that into his head and showed him some of the costs of these tubes. He got it. Also I fly high powered rockets. Big ones like 16 feet. build and fly. The hardware for the motors is gold very expensive told him do not toss them. have a lot of that also and motors. . but his choice.
 
Hopefully, it will all be passed on to whichever grandchild appreciates listening to 2-channel music and has the available space to set it up.
 
Whatever the wife decides to do with it. Sell it, give it away, donate it or maybe even directly into the dumpster. Won't matter to me at that point....
 
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