[Vintage-Audio] Vintage Gear, Curbside Value?

[Duane B. Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi All, 	
	
Well I have about given up on the notion of selling part of my high end, fully
restored, completely functional H.H. Scott, Revox and Teac gear. What is the
deal people? These will either out perform their modern counterparts or equal
them. They look good, sound fantastic and I am starting to think I would have
trouble giving them away! Hence the reference to "curbside value".  	
	
What is the 'real' story here people? Do audio devotees not want anything but
the most current new fangled fad with enough bells and whistles to furnish fifty
thousand church steeples with bells and enough whistles to give every child in
America two? What about accurate reproduction of the frequencies within the
human hearing range and clean crisp notes that are true and sound like the
actual instrument? FM stereo with a steady and stable signal for stations fifty
to one hundred miles away with a minimal and modest antenna and little, if any,
of the various noises that now permeate reception and give the music an
artificial something, that is hard to explain with words, but you know it when
you hear it. Equipment that still produces a depth, warmth and ambient quality. 
   	
	
I put a lot of time, money and work into these excellent pieces of stereo gear,
now what becomes of them? Put them on the curbside with a sign that says "take
me home and love me?" 	
	
I really wanted to find homes for this gear, as if my health takes a downward
turn, my family will probably dispose of this great equipment for yardsale
prices. I can not stand that thought.	
	
What does a person have to do to sell this gear at fair and reasonable prices?
Where do I find people who still appreciate quality and would be interested in
older stereo equipment?	
	
Thank you for your candor, honesty and friendship.	
	
Duane Fischer, W8DBF	
dfischer at usol.com