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How large is your music collection?

At one time I had about 5000 CDs and I sold them due to the fact that I had no room for them and most of them I didn't listen to at all. In the last few years I add a title to my collection only if it is really good and worthy of multiple listens and the enjoyment value is high. My current collection is less than 1000 for both CD and vinyl.

I've got a friend that has so many CDs, SACDs, LPS, etc. that even if he listened for 8 hours a day he would never repeat the same selection in more than 10 years. To me that just doesn't make sense but it makes him happy so I guess that is what counts.

How about everyone here? Do you add just to add or do you keep your collection, like me, to just the best of the best.
matchstikman
notec
407 posts
 
I currently have approx:
- 2000 CDs
- 1000 LPs
- 500 45s

I add when artist's that I am interested in release new stuff or collaborate on something. I buy *used* CDs whenever possible. I buy vinyl above all else. If the artist doesn't release vinyl I'll buy the interior CD.

I rip the CD to FLAC. I have no CDP. No use for one. Then file the disc away in its original case never to be played again. I'm currently using a Squeezebox system making all my music easily accessible whenever I want in seconds - selecting a random song mix from an every growing album library makes radio unnecessary - if I dont want to hear it I just hit "next..."
bongofury
1,160 posts
 
200 LPs (pristine from 1973 to 1985--played one time)
200 CDs (1986 to present)
5400 MP3 songs uploaded onto my iPod (since 2004)
grimace
624 posts
 
I've got about 1000 cds - although I have sold stuff off over the years - and probably about 300 albums. Storage is on the verge of becoming an issue though.
timrhu
2,779 posts
 
1000 cds
100 lps, although I have no way to listen to them. I sold the main lp collection a few years ago along with the tt.
More interesting to me is the part of your question concerning music that will probably never get listened to again. I have cds that will never see the inside of my cdp again and some that have never been played, still in plastic wrap.
There is room in my cd storage for maybe another 100 cds. After that I'll need to recycle the unneeded cds.
I could easily lose 200 cds without regret. Why do we hang on to them?
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kr4
3,680 posts
 
3500 LPs (rarely played)
2500 CDs
2200 SACDs
50 DVD-As
50 BluRay (opera/ballet)

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