Morbid - How do you prepare for your demise as it relates to your audio system

It belongs to my son...

oh, and please stop thinking about your death will riding your
bad motor scooter.

I for one am sorry I read that.

This actually just happened to a very good friend of mine who's whole life revolved around audio gear of every type. He died from unexpected complications from a kidney operation and made out his will on his deathbed. He had no family other than one sister and his girl friend neither of whom had any interest in his extensive collection. If it wasn't for him verbally transcribing his will most of that collection (which consisted of several rooms full of gear) would've gone straight to the dumpster instead of to me. His sister is a school teacher and her husband is a doctor so they really didn't need the aggravation of unloading all this stereo gear.

It was quite an eye opener for me and I've since vowed to not leave someone an overwhelming amount of gear to go through when my time comes. My wife knows the values of most of my now very manageable collection so it's no longer a worry on my part.

FWIW it took me a year and a half of constant gifting and selling gear to finally get things squared away on my friend's collection. Hopefully I've made him smile at the fact that I saved most of it from the dumpster as I did give it my best shot.

cfrizz wrote: »

I don't think about it, nor do I care. I will have gotten all the enjoyment out of it that I could. If someone wants something, they can have it, or it can go to the junkyard.

Can't agree more....

Ironically I was contacted recently by a fellow polkie and asked should something go south on a procedure they are having at the end of this month, if I would be willing to help get his gear sold to make sure it gets sold at appropriate prices with all proceeds going to his daughters and wife.

I plan to pass most of my stuff down to my kids/wife and if they dont want it, well my cell has like 40 diff polkies phone numbers in it that I'm sure would help her price gear accordingly, or possibly even post it here for her to keep it in the family.

BlueFox wrote: »

I'm taking mine with me when I beam up.

After meeting you......very appropriate Bud.
So Cal in March 2017.

If your single get a will

This is an EXCELLENT thread.

I had this conversation (couple weeks ago) with my wife and my best audio friend who is local.

We have a pact that if something happens to either of us buddies, the other will handle the liquidation of the system, each of our main system is pretty expensive.

This is something that I'm serious about because of the sheer amount of money tied up in my single main system.

The wife will be richer than rich with my life insurance policy, and the system will barely make a dent... but the main system will be liquidated and will go to the kids college funds likely.

The secondary system will remain as it is more reasonable and gives them good sound. I doubt they would care about the minutias that I care about with my main system... it's just a waste... so the main system has got to go.

The logistics of packing and shipping and selling say the Boulder 2060, the speakers, the Emm labs, the AQ Wels are complicated. Tony my buddy will handle the sale.

motorstereo wrote: »

This actually just happened to a very good friend of mine who's whole life revolved around audio gear of every type. He died from unexpected complications from a kidney operation and made out his will on his deathbed. He had no family other than one sister and his girl friend neither of whom had any interest in his extensive collection. If it wasn't for him verbally transcribing his will most of that collection (which consisted of several rooms full of gear) would've gone straight to the dumpster instead of to me. His sister is a school teacher and her husband is a doctor so they really didn't need the aggravation of unloading all this stereo gear.

It was quite an eye opener for me and I've since vowed to not leave someone an overwhelming amount of gear to go through when my time comes. My wife knows the values of most of my now very manageable collection so it's no longer a worry on my part.

FWIW it took me a year and a half of constant gifting and selling gear to finally get things squared away on my friend's collection. Hopefully I've made him smile at the fact that I saved most of it from the dumpster as I did give it my best shot.

So sorry for your loss.
Kidney procedure you say? Oh great, I got one of those coming up myself D'oh.
Better refresh my list of crap to unload..

ZLTFUL wrote: »

My wife gets everything to distribute as she sees fit. If she passes at or near the same time, then it goes to my kids. But I also have over 3/4 of a million in life insurance that she ends up with so I am not too concerned about what she decides to do with my audio gear. She will most likely continue to enjoy the theater.

Good amount of life insurance Z

I'll leave it for my wife with a stipulation she can't sell it to buy some cute jeweled cube speakers. If she wants those buy them with your own cash and leave the two systems to the kids. We are more than covered in terms of cash should I pass before her, separate mortgage insurance covers the house, then individual life insurance, plus she'll get my very comfortable Government pension and benefits. Not worried about money.

So sorry for your loss.
Kidney procedure you say? Oh great, I got one of those coming up myself D'oh.
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I'm sorry to hear of your kidney problems. My bud Dave had cancer in one of his kidneys and was assured by the doctor that the cancerous part could be removed. So rather than remove the entire kidney as is normally done they took out only the cancerous part. The procedure was a failure and sadly he only lasted a couple months after the operation.

Here's hoping and praying that your problems aren't as severe and your procedure is a success.