Do You Regret Selling Your Turntable and Albums ?

I never sold any of my records which I started collecting about age 14 in 1969. I purchased a handful of CD's and at one point had quite a few cassette tapes that I listened to, mostly in my car on Pioneer Super Tuner with those 6X9 Jensen coaxial speakers. After the mid-80's I hardly listened to my records at all. I had about 500 at the time. About 15 years ago I went to listen and found that my Dual turntable no longer worked. A friend of mine gave me his recently deceased father's Yamaha turntable. He's younger and was a CD guy. I started listening again, and I was hooked. I forgot how much I enjoyed vinyl records, even though cleaning, setting up the cartridge, etc. can be a pain. After ignoring my records for several years I now have about 800 records. We too moved into a smaller space. A 150 year old row house. I moved everything here and have the records I mostly listen to in a Ikea Kallax in my listening space. The rest are stored in another Kallax set up in a closet in that room.

My point is similar to what others wrote. Give a few of your favorite albums a listen and see how you like it as opposed to streaming. You may want to downsize some of your collection and sell the rest. I'm glad I never sold mine off because I'm sure I would have regretted it. I plan to add a streamer as well as I'll also run out of space and like the flexibility of listening to different artists without purchasing an entire LP. It's nice to have options these days!

I very regrettably sold most of my vinyl collection years ago, and it was a big mistake, and am thankful that there is a subset of my original album collection that I still have. I am of the opinion that very good vinyl set-up is superior to most digital unless the digital system is at the very top of the high-end including a state-of-the-art streamer and DAC, and a high resolution source. I also think that having the option to listen to a physical analog representation of the music is worth having, not to mention the album artwork and notes.  However, for those who have space limitations and the means to buy a top digital system, that is a good strategy that will produce great results. You could also argue to not spend on a vinyl system if it means the only way to afford a very good digital streaming set up. The no man’s land is an iffy low cost vinyl set-up up and ineffective digital system.

I never sold my turntable or albums.   I purchased an expensive turntable (Dual 721) in college, and I recently got it out and it needs to be re-capped.   So I judged it worth spending $60 for a kit to repair it.  I'll try when I get it fixed properly. 

I don't really look fondly on the days of records, with all the fussing you needed to do to handle them correctly.   

I like the convenience of digital music.

I moved from Anchorage, AK to Spokane, WA about 2 years ago. I ended up having a series of medical issues that prevented me from setting up my stereo systems. I wasn't able to set up my turntable, etc, and had been listening to CDs and streaming music. I finally was able to get my health in order and setup my VPI turntable with its newly rebuilt Soundsmith phono cartridge. Also was able to setup my new Degritter record cleaning machine. I have been having late night listening sessions with my Focal Utopia headphones and it has been amazing. Last night listening to Sandy Denny was incredible. My advice is to keep your records! Records are worth the fuss when you want to seriously meld with the music.

I just got into streaming this year & chasing perfection. (almost there) I have about 3500 lps, 4 decks in 2 systems & would NEVER sell off my vinyl. My physical health in been on the down side for 6 years, due to NYS Compensations nonsense. While I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, I still spin once in a while. I hear more instruments in my analog, than my digital setup. For over 50 + years of collecting vinyl, it’s hard for me to let go! 

I also spin my REEL to REEL tapes (about 50+) & nothing beats the original recorded tapes. Nothing! 

 Enjoy the music!