Do You Regret Selling Your Turntable and Albums ?

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!

I didn't sell my LPs.  I have identical twin sons in their thirties who like the same music that I like, so I gave them hundreds of albums - the remastered Beatles album, Bee Gees, the Band, the entire Electric Light Orchestra catalog, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, America, Billy Joel, Chicago Donovan, Genesis, Jackson Browne, The Eagles, Nilsson, Randy Newman, NRBQ, Tom Petty Todd Rundgren, CSNY, Santana, Paul Simon, They Might Be Giants.  I have duplicates on SACD, SHM-CD and Redbook CD.

Yes I did and no I don't. Sold almost all my CDs too.

@ghdprentice 

We have talked enough offline that you are most definitely not lazy!

It's hard to let go of something that has been such a part of our life for so long.  There is satisfaction in simply admiring/viewing the collection you have built over your life.  A lot of collections are enjoyed in this way by people.  I am in a similar position where my digital and analog are pretty much equal.  With my new speakers being warmer than my previous, this has narrowed the gap between analog vs digital.  I have been thinking about this topic hard for the past couple years.  There is no urgency so I know I should take it slow and do as others said and start thinning the herd.  I have a lot of records that are not in great shape from when I started buying records about 20 years ago that I never listen to anymore.  There is another top discussion this week about analog vs digital.  I know I need to try to stop making it a competition.  I don't need to vote either of them off the island, I just need to make smart decisions and enjoy the music.  

The first time I bought a record, Lyndon Johnson was president.  At one point, I had some 1300 albums in the collection.  I pitched out about half of them about 15 years ago because we were living in house that just didnʻt have room for them.  Iʻve had some very good tables over the years and could pretty clearly hear the differences between digital and analog recordings.  I had about 20 recordings in both mediums.  There were things about each I liked better than the other, but in the end, none of it was that important.

Last year I sold all of the records and table.  I ripped about 1/4th to digital before doing so.  

No.  I donʻt miss them.  They took up a lot of room as well as dedication to get them to sound as good as they can.  The digital stuff works exactly the same every time I click a mouse.  I have about 1500 albums on digital, far more than I have time to listen to.  It all fits on a single 2TB, 2 1/2" hard drive hanging off of a miniPC running Linux/JRiver.  It sounds terrific.  The records and table took up a lot of room.

At age 74, I donʻt want to be one of those guys who eventually gets dragged off to Assisted Living and having to deal with getting rid of stuff.  Better to do it now.

I have my music data backed to to 3 other hard drives, on 3 other machines, besides my playback machine.  My data is about as secure as it can be.