So just how much vinyl do YOU own?

Prof.

My movie collection is along similar lines and although I am not depressed by it yet, it certainly still takes up a lot of space.

If we stood back and was brutally realistic we do not need any of this physical media at all and I sometimes feel envious of those who can dispense with the physical aspect of it.

I often picture a nice little streaming amp and pair of speakers and nothing more.

No piles of tapes, records, CDs, essential tape and vinyl care products. No movies.

All movies and music available at the press of a couple of buttons on a remote and smartphone or tablet.

Then I look around at what I actually have and the "rituals"involved and think what a bleak, sterile and dystopian future that really would be. ( apologies for the Clearthink trifecta there!).

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Well, since I, like many here, actually have access to both "lifestyles" - I have a convenient digital streaming set up and a vinyl set up - I already know the result of the experiment.   I am getting much more pleasure out of my vinyl these days than my digital. 



As physical artifacts, few of my DVDs or Blu-Rays ever gave much satisfaction.  Like CDs they were mostly carriers for the content and that was it.  So long as CDs and DVDs/Blu-Rays were carriers for the best quality content, they were necessary.


But as soon as full CD-quality ripping/streaming became available, the rational for the physical copies mostly disappeared for me.  Similarly, the quality of streaming movies has become really excellent and offers "the world of movies at my fingertips" just as I was trying to create at home.  So I don't need those physical copies so much anymore.


Vinyl is a physical object that I enjoy holding and owning.  It also means I get to use a turntable, and I LOVE nice turntable - my turntable is a pleasing combination of aesthetically and conceptually satisfying.It's just cool to look at and use.   Then there is the fact that vinyl just sounds different, and often to me preferable, to digital. 



So for my vinyl offers something that CDs and DVDs/Blu-Rays and digital streaming don't offer.  They are features I actually enjoy and MISS from those formats, so I don't really pine for a scenario in which I only use streaming.  

Currently about 3000 albums. I dive in and out of them every week or so since they are downstairs from the audio system. 

I have well over 25,000 records and there is so much I don't have... I am still making purchases spending hundreds weekly...

One day I will do a 'purge' as there is much I have that is either duplicate or that I don't play.

I don't think there is every 'enough'..I hope I never get to that point!

I've been collecting records since high school. Started out with jazz and rhythm and blues. As the audio disease set in, back in the early '70s, my musical taste expanded and the collection grew. Now, if I were to make a rough estimate, I'd say the collection consists of 7000 LP's and maybe 2000 CDs. 

Since the collecting started back in the middle 1950s and was mostly jazz, I have some fantastic collectible albums. Lots of early mono jazz records that could sell on Ebay for good money.

After the musical taste expanded, I started collecting classical and even good easy-listening music, some of which, are truly great sounding. Demo quality actually. I've recommended a few of them in these forums. 

I'd like to thank all members who have or are currently, donating their CDs to the thrift stores. Its turned into a heyday much as we had with vinyl when CDs first came on the scene. With a high-resolution system, properly recorded CDs can sound fantastic. 

Frank