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Listening practices

How much of your music collection have you actually listened to at least once?
I began to wonder this about my own collection since I usually find myself going back to the same recordings. I determined I have probably listened to about 2/3's of my music.
When I realized this I began a process of listening to the first LP in each section of my record rack. I plan to go through each rack like this. So far I have listened to several things for the first time.
In the last couple of days I listened to Tennessee Ernie Ford and Jack Jones, which were followed up by Alice Cooper. It was a strange combination, but I'm having fun.
What has your experience been?
nrchy
pmkalby
130 posts
 
I've listened to every song on every CD and every LP at least once.

I used to have a customer that easily had 5000 CDs and twice that in LPs (he had a 10x12 guest room totally full of LPs in racks).

Half of his software, again conservatively, was still in plastic. He used to say "I hate not having new music to listen to".

Had an ARC tube preamp, one of their SS amps, and Martin-Logans old enough I had to install new panels in them. Really nice guy, what the hell was his name....big Coke memorobilia collector-- he's probably on here somewhere....
newbee
4,821 posts
 
It all gets listened to when it first comes home - how often it gets heard thereafter depends on how much I liked it the first (few) times out. I suspect quite a bit gets put on the back burner and forgotten until something triggers a renewed interest in it.
unclejeff
1,313 posts
 
There are for me two listening venues. Home where I have what passes for high end.....well I am getting there, and my car. My car's CD player has cartridges each of which holds six CDs. I have three cartridges. My music library is stored alphabetically. I load all three cartridges, beginning with 'A' and I load the first into my car's Cd player. When it is done I load the next cartridge and re-load the first cartridge. this means I go at least a week going through the next two cartridges before I play the first cartridge that has the new CDs. Since my music collection is about 400 Cds, I go more than a year without hearing the same CD twice. In my home I listen to my favorites, sometimes the same CD most of the evening in 'repeat' mode.
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