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Listening habits and LP storage

Does your LP storage scheme affect your listening habits?

The majority of my albums are in the basement while my system is on the ground floor. I keep about 30-40 albums near the system (so that they don't overtake the room).

I find that when I listen, I'm picking from the nearby albums instead of my entire collection. I also have lots of new albums that need to be cleaned before I'll listen to them and I'm not getting to those very quickly at all (although I keep buying them :-)).

I'm not at all frustrated by this - if I was I'd be motivated to get up off my rear and rotate the selection near my system. Rather, I find myself content as I put something on and get swept up in the music.

How about you?
madfloyd
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mofimadness
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My record room is on the same floor as my sound room and not that far away.

I have, like probably everyone else, several LP's that I use for reference and/or just really like.

It really depends on my mood and what I want to listen to at that particular point in time as to what I'll "pull" from my collection.

I try to clean all my new LP's in a timely manner so that I can listen to them.
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syntax
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I clean my records mainly Monday/Wednesday/Friday and Sunday. Tuesday/Thursday and Saturday I think about the cleaning fluids to use. There are so many fluids out there it is confusing me which one to choose. It is horrible, I have fluids which work with 1-Step and I have multiple-step fluids and I spend much time to find out what is best, using 3x the 1-step fluid or using 1x the 3-step fluid or using 2x the 3-step fluid or 6x the 1-step fluid...
I bought a CD Player.
notec
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Records in the room lining both sides. Easy access to complete collection. Play whatever record I'm in the mood for or new vinyl. I have friends over often to listen to music and fire up the vap, dig out records I haven't heard in ages works out nicely
manitunc
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Records upstairs on shelves or banker boxes, about 50 down by the main system turntable, usually new purchases. Every month or so I go up and pick about 10 older albums to play, bring them down, and they stay there for a couple of months till its their turn to go back up. About 10 albums are always near the table, cause I like them best at the time.
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