How to dispose of your system?

I acknowledge all the posts regarding the problem of room placement and  the fun of putting your own system together.  But some music lover who likes good sound but isn’t a hobbyist might appreciate such an arrangement.

This is a demographic phenomenon.  The baby boomer pot smoking rock and roll loving generation (I was born in 1951) is aging out.  There is a glut of gear coming onto the market and a dearth of motivated buyers…added to the fact that qualified service techs are few and far between this makes resale more difficult and less profitable.  I use FBM and USAM but it’s a slow process.

At my age, and with my immediate family neither interested in enjoying nor technically competent to maintain an audiophile system, I found estate planning for my system necessary.  
 

First, selling a complete system in an open market will be difficult. If you know an audiophile that likes your system and is willing to make the spend you stand a better chance at a system sale.  
 

Second, my recommendation is to find a local dealer.   A very reputable local dealer I have dealt with has experience in high end equipment estate sales and sadly does this for the families of customers who have transitioned a few times a year.  He will take the complete system, purchasing some pieces outright and others on consignment.  I have left his contact information and specific instructions for my family, including instructions to pay a moving service to package the speakers in their original crates.   There also is TMR  Audio.  I have had good experiences both purchasing and selling equipment from them in the past.  It is more of an impersonal process than using the dealer I have experience with.  
 

A different perspective. I am old enough that after raising four children I can finally get my feet wet again in this hobby. Yet old enough I'm already thinking about how much "stuff" do I want to burden my kids with. The other side of that is a still can't (and wouldn't) spend $10k+ on someone else's whole system. The fun to me is the trip, the process of putting it together. Be it restoring an old Schwinn Stingray, or searching or finding the audiophile pieces I always hoped to have one day or never dreamed of being able to own.

Interestingly, I wonder if I am just young enough (60) to be able to eventually take advantage of more audiophile equipment than demand or will my time pass before that. 

As for my children, I will leave to them what they want, what they don't want they can sell. They know my trusted friends to get a fair value. How I look at it is even if they get $10, it is $10 more than they had yesterday. I do not want to overwhelm them with knowing how much they should get for something only to feel awful when it sells for 20% of my estimate. I also told them to try to sell it piece meal to give more people a chance, instead of one person getting everything.

I do keep all the bills in a file and have told them to call tmr.use hifishark audiogon and usaudiomart like a blue book to find current value. I have never made money on this equipment but saved alot from my psychiatrist as music calms the savage beast. Enjoy the end of life and I do love your posts.thx