How many CD/LPs do you need?

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.

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.

Matchstikman, you remind me of my brother. He doesn't like clutter in his life so he keeps his cd collection to 150. Anytime he buys a new, he sells an old one.

As for myself, I have about 900 cd's and 1700 lp's. I haven't been buying a lot of new stuff lately. Now that I finally have a cd player in the car, I've been having a lot of fun going through my cd collection on the way to and from work.

As for you, you should have exactly as many as YOU feel comfortable with.

To steal a quote from Texas senator Phil Graham on the number of guns he owned. "I have more than I need but less
than I want."

Matchstikman; an interesting question, and one I've often asked myself too. It seem that some/many audiophiles are into collecting music at least partly for the sake of the collection-- just as there are stamp and coin collectors etc.

That's cool, but I'm not a music collector. I have 1200-1400 CDs, but recognize that it would take me years to listen to them all thoroughly. I tend to focus on a type of music, or maybe an artist for weeks at a time. I'm sure I could be happy with a few hundred CDs as long as I could add to my "collection" as I find new and interesting or exciting new music.

I also make a lot of CD compilations, and this has dramatically changed the way I listen to music, ie I mix and match artists/music as I see fit. So, I could get along with a lot fewer CDs if I could make the compilations I want. Interesting thread. Cheers. Craig