PigletsDad
My intelligence test came back negative.
We are just in the process of looking for a smaller house, which we would then sell on when we retire in a few years and move to a different part of the country. As we 30 years worth of stuff, the pressure is on to simplify and save space. I have various audio bits that have been packed away from when we started re-decorating, and wonder if any of them are re-saleable? And I guess the bigger question is what my future listening strategy will be?
1) Linn Valhalla - worked last time it was run pre-decorating, probably needs all rubber parts replacing. Has a Linn arm-mount.
2) Ittok with AT OC-9, relatively low hours of use, but obviously many years old.
2a) Supex 900 with Garrott re-tip, pretty worn last time it was on an arm (any residual value?)
3) Turntable table (can't remember brand name and not on box; relatively lightweight design from Italy).
4) Maclaren amps 602 pre and pair of 902 mono blocks. I designed these for Maclaren in the 80s, and serviced them myself some years ago.
5) Epos ES-14 speakers, earlier version, in very good condition, very slight sun fading of veneer. Foam plugs have some dog bites on.
6) Foundation stands (not the Epos ones), work well with ES14s.
7) Marantz CD-52 Mk 2 SE
8) Aiwa AD-F700 Cassette deck (probably no interest?)
9) Denon TU580RD tuner
10) Home made DAC (not salable, but could form part of digital only system).
11) Few hundred vinyl records, unfortunately some are NZ pressings I bought to the UK with me, which are not great.
12) Few hundred CDs
As I see it, I have a couple of options:
1) Pay to store everything, and hope our retirement property is bigger, and has a man-cave. This only makes sense if cost of storage is less than cost of buying replacements in a few years time.
2) Get rid of vinyl now, and go digital only. Saves quite a bit of space. If I went "virtual" and got rid of CDs, save even more.
3) Get rid of everything now, and buy new when I know what retirement property looks like, and how much hearing and cognition I have left. Do I really want to pay to hear what I thought was cool as a teenager?
Sorry for the length of this post - "I didn't have time to make it shorter".
1) Linn Valhalla - worked last time it was run pre-decorating, probably needs all rubber parts replacing. Has a Linn arm-mount.
2) Ittok with AT OC-9, relatively low hours of use, but obviously many years old.
2a) Supex 900 with Garrott re-tip, pretty worn last time it was on an arm (any residual value?)
3) Turntable table (can't remember brand name and not on box; relatively lightweight design from Italy).
4) Maclaren amps 602 pre and pair of 902 mono blocks. I designed these for Maclaren in the 80s, and serviced them myself some years ago.
5) Epos ES-14 speakers, earlier version, in very good condition, very slight sun fading of veneer. Foam plugs have some dog bites on.
6) Foundation stands (not the Epos ones), work well with ES14s.
7) Marantz CD-52 Mk 2 SE
8) Aiwa AD-F700 Cassette deck (probably no interest?)
9) Denon TU580RD tuner
10) Home made DAC (not salable, but could form part of digital only system).
11) Few hundred vinyl records, unfortunately some are NZ pressings I bought to the UK with me, which are not great.
12) Few hundred CDs
As I see it, I have a couple of options:
1) Pay to store everything, and hope our retirement property is bigger, and has a man-cave. This only makes sense if cost of storage is less than cost of buying replacements in a few years time.
2) Get rid of vinyl now, and go digital only. Saves quite a bit of space. If I went "virtual" and got rid of CDs, save even more.
3) Get rid of everything now, and buy new when I know what retirement property looks like, and how much hearing and cognition I have left. Do I really want to pay to hear what I thought was cool as a teenager?
Sorry for the length of this post - "I didn't have time to make it shorter".