How Big is Your Music Collection

Not me, but my father has about 15,000 cd's and maybe 5000 albums, all classical, opera, and such...all in perfect alphabetical order, 90% un-opened, he listens seriously about 8 hrs per week on weekends..probably 10 come in mail a week...BMG and such must have a poster of my dad with a candle lit in a shrine. My dad studied pipe organ in college, and has an upwards of $40,000 lexicon, clase and legacy audio system, I got the bug from him, he is with out a doubt obsesive compulsive with collecting music, but hey its better then alot of other addictions.

CD - 2000
SACD - 160
DVD-A - 60
DVD-V - 75

600 LPs (85% classical, 15% rock), 450 CDs, 200 cassettes, 10 SACDs, 10 DVD concerts, 10 VHS concerts, 10 LD concerts, 300 VHS movies, 100 LD movies, 580 DVD movies, and a AM/FM tuner.

Jax2: "One day at a time"

I know it well, Brother, I know it well. It took me 20 years to break the record 'fix', to lose the monkey.

Mind if I call you the next time I'm "jones-ing'?

Thanks,
Jack

With the size of some of these collections it seems kind of silly when you read reports titled along the lines of "Music industry reports sales decline for 2nd straight quarter". Are we audiophiles the only ones buying new music?

Oh, and to answer the question...I've not officially counted but a safe guess is around 500+ CDs and 200+ LPs. I am really slow to acquire new music and buy only what I intend to actually listen to. I keep a stack of new stuff on hand all the time and do not buy more until it runs low.

I don't know how you guys with 5000+ LPs store them all!