How to dispose of your system?


A lot of us are getting to the age where  we may start thinking about what will happen to our precious systems when we’re gone?  Will they be sold in pieces, breaking up the synergy we’ve worked so hard to establish? That seems to me to be criminal.  
What about trying to sell the whole system, kit and kaboodle, maybe to a member of this forum? Would anyone, perhaps a novice, be willing to pay for a very finely tuned instrument? 
If the system cost say,  $35K to put together, what would a fair price be?

rvpiano

Wast of time, family will treat all my possessions with the same zeal or lack there of  Those decisions will mean absolutely nothing to me. Till then I’ll enjoy what I’ve acquired and worry about things that matter. 

Many of the responses are a bit cold but really, when you are gone you are gone.  My brother-in-law (I have one sister who is 10 years older than me) passed about 3 years ago.  But he was failing for a long time.  He had a great system by late seventies standards: Quad Electrostatics, Mark Levinson Electronics, Meridian CD and economized on the Vinyl Playback, the Linn Axis.  Think he later regretted that move.  Before they (he and my sister) made their last of two moves, he gave the system to a workman or mover.  His two sons were infuriated.  But I'm sure almost all needed servicing.  And even though neither are as successful as he would have wished, they can afford great gear.  I have spent the last two years slowly disposing of ancillary stuff.  My expectations are incredibly low so everything has sold quickly.  Enjoy while you are here and stop worrying.  The picture is of my wife.  I have no idea how this got tied to her Facebook account.  I don't Facebook.

Heirs know how to use my gear and value. Which heir(s) wants the gear and vinyl, they will decide.  If no one want, then I have included a provision who to contact to help sell gear and vinyl. That person (personal friend in biz) has agreed to help and sell at decent market value. 

It seems to me that in general the younger generation has very little interest in purchasing large expensive two channel audio systems.  They seem more interested in buying a quality DAP/IEM system and being done with it.  I truly hope that I'm mistaken, but I've seen this on several occasions and the younger generation in my own Family use their iPhones and laptop computers to stream music.  They like the simplicity, portability and general convenience of owning smaller sized components. 

When my dad died a few years ago, I took over his gear and use it today.  I'm Gen X though but I know what he had.  We're not all morons for the boomers in the chat.