Record collecting versus hoarding

@lewm - i meant that listening to any records not worthy of being in my rotation takes away from those in the rotation. The heavy rotation is just that the artists with more titles get played more since all titles are theoretically played equally. I know that some of the ones I don’t like as much will end up getting skipped over when they were probably due for a spin. Not a perfect rotation, but good enough that no record would go a year without being played.

that’s really my point. If you don’t like a record enough to play it at least once a year, you really don’t like it. Unless you like everything or don’t listen to your favorites often.

I am the anti hoarder, a minimalist to the max.  I keep a collection of 250 records, and my whole goal is to have only records that are considered the best of each genre that i listen too.  (this is of course different for everyone).  I take alot of pride in having zero junk in the collection.  I am not there yet, but pretty close, If I get a new record, something has to come out.  (and I just give it away usually).  This is easy to do because of streaming.  I get a kick out of somebody perusing my small collection and (if they are half way in touch), recognizing a carefully curated  pile of plastic.  I am finally the same way about hardware, i used to buy and try and keep all sorts of stuff (often vintage, I am over it,  except for my speakers).  I finally have a system that is good enough for me.  And I sold off everthing else i had.  And it is does a great job for me, not cheap but by no means over the top, and I would put it up against alot of setups 5 times the price.  Not to get off topic but its just this.  Mystere IA11 integrated 40 watt tube amp, Rega P3 with ania cart, Rega Power supply, Rega Phono stage, an ancient Sonus connect for streaming with a topping DAC, and a Pair of Rudy Bozak 302A Urban speakers.   but to stay on point, these records are beautifully recorded in most cases and give me more joy that having a 1000 records the way i operate.   ALSO FIRST POST   HI! 

@caferacer59 

damned good first post, and a lovely ethos described

i am quite the opposite personally, but do admire your way ...

Like so many, I began accumulating LP's in the early '70s and have about 1,000 LP's from my college days, all in great condition as I had a pretty good turntable at all times and always used a DiscWasher and ZeroStat (still have both!) every time I played an album.  But with the advent of CD's, I stopped listening to vinyl.  Now, with Roon, everything on a dedicated music server, and subscriptions to both Qobuz and Tidal top tier, I gave all of my CD's to one of my college buddies that lost all his records in Hurricane Katrina (he lived in New Orleans near a breached levy).  Now my 1,000 albums sit in a rack, and I use the album covers as wall art.  I can't imagine the "nostalgia" of having to get up every 20 minutes and either flip a record or decide on another one when I can sit in the comfort of my listening chair and run everything with Roon.  Although I will admit to fondling some of my albums once in a while that bring back fond memories of college and the stuff that we did while listening to Electric Ladyland, etc. LOL!  So I have some rare, valuable albums in my collection, and my estate can sell them!

I am fine with keeping LPs I do not play, because of the possibility that I will want to listen to them some day. What I don’t tolerate are bad sounding LPs (meaning poor quality recordings) or LPs that have noise causing surface damage that resists a good cleaning on my RCM (if I otherwise enjoy the music recorded on them).  LPs in either of those two categories go to the recycling bin immediately.