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How large is your music collection?

At one time I had about 5000 CDs and I sold them due to the fact that I had no room for them and most of them I didn't listen to at all. In the last few years I add a title to my collection only if it is really good and worthy of multiple listens and the enjoyment value is high. My current collection is less than 1000 for both CD and vinyl.

I've got a friend that has so many CDs, SACDs, LPS, etc. that even if he listened for 8 hours a day he would never repeat the same selection in more than 10 years. To me that just doesn't make sense but it makes him happy so I guess that is what counts.

How about everyone here? Do you add just to add or do you keep your collection, like me, to just the best of the best.
matchstikman
elizabeth
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Zero music server, or IPod. I HAD stuff on a hard drive, but the hassle and the fact if the drive 'dies' I was screwed.. (Yeah the ways to 'protect' files.. what a hassle..)
Approx 6,000 LPs 1,400 Jazz, 1,400 Rock, 2,200 Classical.
Approx 2,000 CDs 700 Jazz, 400 Rock, 100 Classical.
The collection is a limited size, (space) so if I add something, I have to get rid of something else. (though I am adding a rack for more Rock CDs... I want the best Cd or two from as many groups as I can. (vs all the stuff from my fav groups)
Right now I am in a big push to enhance my Rock collection, after working for a few years on the Jazz.
I view the collection as a resource. So having more than I can listen to does not matter.
For instance, I just 'rediscovered' AC/DC "Back in Black" last night. Bought it for $1.60 yesterday. I was happy listening to it twice at 1 AM (on headphones).
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synthfreek
627 posts
 
thedautch...which way are you implying takes longer. It sounds like you're saying it takes MORE time to import a cd when you only choose a handful of tracks? If so did you know that you can do this: while holding down the option key with a cd inserted you can then DESELECT all the songs by clicking any one of the "checks". This removes all the checked songs. Now you can let go of the command key. Now just click the few songs you want one by one.
tbromgard
787 posts
 
600 cds/500 lps
buconero117
2,311 posts
 
The way to determine if it large enough is to calculate 'time to death', which is assumed to be when you are 76 years old. So, if you started now to listen to each item in your collection would you die before completing the task? Yes, the older you get means you should be selling off, given away, all that cannot be listened to. Since I am only five years old, and have ten cds, I can gladly accept your 'un-listenable' items. So, please contact me for my shipping address.
saygrr
72 posts
 
Been in this hobby about 28 years. Have almost 500 LPs and about half I listen to regularly the other half seldom. About 30 cds listen to about 5 of them regularly. Not large numbers but the ones I listen to I really enjoy.
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