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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
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
3,693 posts
 
3500 LPs (rarely played)
2500 CDs
2200 SACDs
50 DVD-As
50 BluRay (opera/ballet)

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chashmal
605 posts
 
approx. 2500-3000 LPs
1500 or so CDs
2000-2500 cassette tapes (lots of hiss, and more with age)
100 or so DVD's
3 45's
1 78
kurt_tank
1,189 posts
 
Well, according to my wife, the answer would be: Too Big.

(And since I went to three different records stores in the last 24 hours, and bought three LPs I might add, I'll you guess at my answer!)

:-)
learsfool
1,215 posts
 
a little over 350 CD's, don't buy them much at all anymore unless there is a new recording I really need for work or study purposes

a little over 750 LP's now. However, in both formats, that's counting a box set as one, so the LP number in particular is actually quite a bit higher, as I have many box sets.

still have probably 30-40 cassettes, mostly of my own student performances
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