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How many vinyl albums do you own you listen to?

So far I own around 300 vinyl albums all purchased in a last 20 years. Even while I listen to for about 10 albums a week it seems I want to keep adding more and more to my library. I wonder if there is a point when one says it's enough, there is no point to add more as there is no time or an interest to listen to them all. How many do you have? How much time it look to put it together? How many of them do you really listen? 
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edcyn
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Maybe 1600 LPs, many in box sets. I'm not going to count the wife's, which has got to be in the mid three figures. I've gotten ridden of my share over the years, too. As for actually adding to the count, I probably haven't gotten a slice of vinyl in 10 or so years. In any event, yes I still listen to more than a few of them.
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noromance
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About 1100 in NM condition in main collection with another 600 in G/VG/VG+ that don’t get much play. I’ve listened to about 680 different albums in the past 12 months, and maybe 100 of those more than once. Been collecting since the 80s with a break for 10 years due to travel. Still buy a few from time to time.
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mijostyn
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There is a psychological concept called "stimulus variation" If you listen to the same albums over and over again you will get bored and seek "stimulus variation." So you go out and buy some new records then you play them over and over until you wear them out both physically and mentally. This is a great way to build up a worn out record collection.  What I tell newbies to do is save up a couple of grand then buy 100 records then buy 4 records monthly. This way you never get bored with them and you build up a pristine collection. There is no upper limit.  
big_greg
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I have 1,654 catalogued in Discogs. I’ve been working on a project to get them all entered into Discogs and to cull out doubles and those that I don’t listen to. I think maybe 75% are already catalogued. So I listen to 1 or 2 of the ones that aren’t in Discogs in the morning and then I listen to 2 or 3 new or existing albums almost every night. I’ve been finding a few that I probably haven’t listened to since I bought them, but my collection isn’t idle.  I've also been replacing some of the less than pristine albums I have with better copies.
grinnell
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1600 mostly blues and rock with about 300 classical, started with 150 from HS and college 40 years ago then in 2007 bought a tube amp and HW-19 mkiv and starting buying
try to rotate 1/3 is in listening room the others mostly classical are up stairs
the classical lps cost about .25 to $1 each
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