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Offline BobM

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Death and your audio legacy
« on: January 20, 2010, 12:08:21 PM »
Just wondering if any of you ever thought about what will happen to your system components, your CD collection, your vinyl, your box o'tweaks, your $$$ power cords and such when you pass into the great beyond?

- Have you left instructions for the wife or kids? Will they want to keep it for thir own use?
- Do you have an audio friend that will do their best to liquidate your Precious for your spouse?

I know my older daughter will want to keep and go through my prog CD collection. My younger daughter will want anything Beatles and probably much of the other pop/rock stuff. Nobody will claim my jazz, and no one will want my vinyl. As far as the system components themselves I think my wife will contact one of my audio buddies to put them up for sale and get whatever they may be worth at the time (probably far less as components than as the highly polished system that it is  :thumb:).

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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2010, 12:13:03 PM »
The Smiththonian wants it.


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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2010, 12:15:45 PM »
Oh, my mistake Charles. I thought the Smithsonian wanted your Salami. Or was that Christies (not the auction house ... that chick on the corner)? I get so confused these days.
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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2010, 12:19:33 PM »
I want to be buried with my tweeters!

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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2010, 12:32:08 PM »
Bob,

I am planning on opening a home for wayward vinyl, so never fear you can die in peace knowing that your LPs will always have a loving home to go to.  :thumb:

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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2010, 12:32:44 PM »
Wanna buy some vinyl futures Tom? or maybe VDS's (Vinyl Default Swaps)?
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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2010, 12:39:59 PM »
BTW, I have no doubt what will happen to my gear. Number 2 son has already informed me that I should write it into my will that he gets the contents of the mancave because he doesn't think that his brother would appreciate or take proper care of it.   :drool:


I  told him I wouldn't do that  [-X  because from the day the new will was signed I would have to sleep with one eye open.   :rofl:
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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2010, 01:20:36 PM »

My wife and her new boyfriend ( cougar?...bwaahaahaa) will be enjoying my system as well as the life insurance money :evil:
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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2010, 02:07:30 PM »
Wanna buy some vinyl futures Tom? or maybe VDS's (Vinyl Default Swaps)?

Bob,

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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2010, 02:21:57 PM »
As someone who has been around a lot of deaths the past year I would highly recommend you just write down who should have what somewhere find-able.  Your family will appreciate having a go-by list.  The thought of putting it in the will is an obstacle to getting it done in the first place...
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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2010, 02:31:39 PM »
I hope I get to enjoy my system long enough that it will be considered totally obsolete! :thumb:  Most likely Vera will still be around and as she hates the looks so much she will probably have the whole lot of it moved to the curb.  Hell, I will be gone so I won't give a damn! :rofl:

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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2010, 02:38:12 PM »
Just makes sure Vera posts here the night before "the trash" goes out. ;)

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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2010, 03:36:42 PM »
The CDs and 800+ vinyl albums will stay with my wife, but she will play the CDs on the $89 kitchen rig, and after reverting to the Empire from the Galibier table, will probably settle on a Shinola Consollett.  :(

My sons would probably trade my components, cables, etc... for hookers and blow. Otherwise I assume it will be parceled out to fellow NYC Ravers with S.W.M.B.O. receiving fair compensation. On AC, a fair number of posters might celebrate.  :D

As to whatever value my cable bidness retains, dunno, I've talked to a friend about continuing the biz and remitting She Who Must Be Obeyed a fair share, or possibly leave a post, only to be posted upon my death on how to make $2.27 worth of material into a high end power cord, and surplus coat hangers and $1.18 in terminations into bespoke speaker cables..... if only to confirm to all, my rapacious, evil nature. :twisted:

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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2010, 04:36:56 PM »
Carl, tell Christine to contact me when you go as that house will be to big for her. I call dibs, I'll pay her market value for the home. :thumb:
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Re: Death and your audio legacy
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2010, 06:03:18 PM »
BobM - great question to ponder especially since I had an "eye-opening" experience last week...

Would want someone to appreciate the workmanship & sound quality as well as the efforts put in to make the system what it is...

Hopefully one (or more) of my 4 kids can appreciate it & enjoy it (as long as they have the room for the huge behemoths!)

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