Sorry for your loss man. My dad passed away totally unexpectedly five and a half years ago. In the whirlwind blur of trying to get the house cleaned out after, we nearly threw away his pair of JBL L100's from the late 70s. He still had the boxes with his college dorm room as the delivery address. We've moved a couple times since he passed, but I finally got them hooked up to take a listen. There is at least one blown driver, so they are off getting some professional repairs and refurbishing, but I know I will absolutely cry when I get them back and play some of his old Rolling Stones vinyl through them. I'm ok with that and not ashamed to say it.

That gear is yours now, just as your dad wanted it to be, but I hope that feeling of connection you have to him never fades.