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What's Worth More on the Open Market - Your Records or Your Audio Gear

Have anyone of you actually calculated this ?

What's your personal ratio ?

I have not looked into this in any detail, and have if anything, only recently.....

Told family members (not my wife) 8^0..........something along the lines of ........." this piece of equipment is worth ......this (xxxx) ......." 

I have, told all family members that they could probably start an Ebay Record Selling Career; if their own career doesn't pan out.... with what is contained in the house. I don't think they are buying this idea ......right now.

This has me a little concerned.  

I assume the good records will only go up in value.  

Some gear I own, I believe is in this same state of fluctuating upward values.

Interested in your opinions, and findings on the subject.    Have you crossed this bridge yet ?  

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bdp24
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Exactly @slaw. If the house were burning down, and I had to choose which to save, no contest. The eq can be easily replaced, the music not.
jl35
3,920 posts
 
yes, for some it's a decoration, like filling a bookcase with books; having a rack of LP's but no turntable...
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ct0517 OP
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^^^^
the 25 movie soundtracks I sold won’t look like much in a rack. But displayed like this

https://retrorenovation.com/2013/04/01/record-album-cover-art/

in a Home Theater Room.

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@bdp24
If the house were burning down, and I had to choose which to save, no contest. The eq can be easily replaced, the music not.

So Eric ...if you were given just one opportunity to go in and grab an arm load - say 100 records - one cube of an Ikea Expedit.

Do you know which you would Grab? Anyone ?

or does one get so confused in a situation like this - too many choices - and you end up just grabbing your hopped up , tricked out preamp - phono stage....? I can't lift my turntable kit by myself.  8^(

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mulveling
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Gear, by a lot. I have what, some 3000 LPs - with not too much junk, and most of which I like/love. It’s certainly enough to where I’m not repeating the same plays too often - and just about large enough for gems to sometimes go into hiding and gloriously reemerge later on! But the main system (which has been vinyl exclusively for a while) does cross that 6-fig threshold, so there’s no way my vinyl collection gets close. I’m very happy with both my gear and music collections, and I’ll continue to acquire new vinyl. But not TOO much more, without culling - I’m afraid a much larger collection would get too unwieldy in my living space.
larryi
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If I value LPs and CDs at $5 per item (probably optimistic), I come up with $35,000.  That is a little bit more than the value of the midrange drivers in my speakers, so I am way into the gear side.
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