Do You Regret Selling Your Turntable and Albums ?

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. 
 

@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...

A Simple Idea for Saving Space

I have a pretty large collection of classical music CDs. I’ve never really warmed up to streaming—CDs sound better to my ears, and I really enjoy the artwork and booklets that come with them.

For standard jewel cases, I take out all the printed inserts—front and back covers, along with the booklet—and place everything together with the disc in a good-quality sandwich bag. Then I arrange them alphabetically in a dedicated box or drawer.

The result: about 85% space saved, without giving up anything that matters.

And as a side note—classical music releases don’t slow down… dozens of new CDs come out every month.