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How many CD/LPs do you need?

At one time I had alot of CDs...maybe about 3000. I came to the conclusion that I would never listen to many of them, so I sold alot of them, but still, I was looking through my collection, and I have more than I could ever listen to in a lifetime. I was thinking, if I had 100 great CDs, I couuld listen to one per week, thoroughly, and never listen to the same thing in a 2 year span. Right now I am holding steady at 500 and now, every new addition has to be golden, where I love it and every song on it.

What about you?
matchstikman
pragmatist
336 posts
 
A couple hundred and an fm tuner.
abex
322 posts
 
There are many 1-2 hit wonder CD's.Other CD's I hold onto like Classical for something different.Then there are the CD's that others give me and I give them .I treasure my collection.I got really turned off by Jewel Cases so I put them in CD Catalog cases and store the jewel cases in the cellar.
I have alot of stuff I might never listen to also,but then again I have things that maybe someone else might want to hear.
Have not had any MONKs over to listen to Monk chants though.

I have a bigger LP collection then a CD cllection and I never listen to them at the moment.I like the covenience of CD's though.I go through stages of listening. Right now I consider this my mellow time.

Music is like a drug to me.So is Audiophilia!Gets a hook in me every 10yrs or so.
ben_campbell
1,164 posts
 
I intend to build the biggest collection I can.
I've enjoyed watching it grow.
I do recycle CD's for two reasons.
One if a better remaster comes out or if I consider it a donkey with no reedeming features-this only happens occassionaly.
I am quite happy to keep a CD with even only one good track.
I tell you why I probably do this,when I was younger and at college and skint I sold off a lot of vinyl-it left a gap in my collection I could never quite replace.
I regreted it a lot and still do-it's the equivalent of selling your memories-thankfully now I've probably replaced most of it.
Ok it would take me years to work through every CD I have but if I want and I do this often, I have a look through things I haven't played for a while and give it a blast.
Anyway it's great after a major upgrade to hear lots of different stuff through your system.
And hopefully when I pass onto the next place I'll have left behind a collection for someone to enjoy.
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