No regrets at all. Only streaming and part time CD's these days. Have some cassettes in storage.
Do You Regret Selling Your Turntable and Albums ?
I"m out of room for hobbies and we will likely be moving to a smaller home. I don't want to wait until the last minute to sell things. That didn't work out well last time we moved. Time to downsize. Again.
I enjoy streaming music and haven't played vinyl in over a year. Did you sell your TT and album collection and did you regret it ?
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Ah, regret? Well, my albums (56 years worth), SACD/CD’s, DATs, R2R tapes, turntable, audio and video components along with 3 vehicles, 2 trailers, guest house, tennis courts, pool, fruit orchard, and everything else we owned was destroyed in a California Wildfire that destroyed 19,000 structures, killed 85 people and countless animals. A wildfire (named Camp Fire) that nearly no one has heard of, bigger and deadlier than the Los Angeles fires. After 367 days residing in a hotel, 2 years in a rental house and 3 months in an apartment, moving into our new house was nothing more than suitcases. Silver lining, no weeding out of “stuff”, no packing, and no movers.
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@smodking1 Ouch… I feel for you. What a sobering experience. I am personally moved and sad that that happened to you. Your circumstances really put into perspective the “first world problem “ of having regrets over selling hobby items in the past. Onward and upward… What I was going to contribute to the conversation ( before reading that heart wrenching story), is that I stored my TT and vinyl for many years (collection reduced thru divorce) until I was ready to retire, built a dedicated room in the basement and revived the whole Music Thing. Although I enjoy streaming, I mainly listen now to vinyl, cds and lately, SACDs. No regrets… |
Can’t say I miss the hassle of the vinyl experience. Everything I owned on vinyl (and more) has been reissued so, for me, rarity isn’t an issue. The physical surface of a record is so delicate and subject to damage, not to mention the turntable set-up headaches, agony over cartridge selection, replacement/wear issues, etc., it all adds up to time spent fussing around. Imagine all your vinyl records stacked on top of each other, minus the cardboard & paper packaging, then think about that solid column of vinyl that’s left…how much weight that is! No thanks. To each his own and good luck with whatever you choose. |
Walking the halls of Audio Shows, hearing dozens of systems, at a wide range of value. It was easy to distinguish digital from analogue - Analogue won every time. These experiences have convinced me that I will always have a TT and LPs. Just remember that the recording/pressing engineers control the sound more than a good system... |
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