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No one else can keep up with me!
Audiophiles pride themselves on their love of music, but it may turn out that their kids or spouses buy more music than they do. Who buys the most music in your household?
Moved in with my girlfriend two months ago, and we now share my budget minded setup consisting of a Rega Brio 3, Rega P1, and PSB Alpha Bs. Little did I know she would be bitten by the wax bug. She's snagged Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream, Al Green's Greatest Hits, and Van Morrisons' Astral Weeks over the past month, but she has some major work to do if she wants to surpass me as the home's alpha music buyer.
My wife thinks we have too many CDs. She thinks we should apply the same policy to music that we do to clothes and other possessions: For every new item that comes in, another must go out. She doesn't quite get that music is also good on the second and third listen. I guess sometimes it's not even good the first time, though.
I'm tired of the recorded-music–buying paradigm. On average, I spend between $1000 and $2000 a year for records. I would prefer to have access to a huge on-line hi-rez music library and pay by subscription or per track. It will probably cost me less—and good riddance of all that plastic and these hard drives.
Living alone, it's me! I get to pick what is played and what it is played on. I choose the volume and who gets to sit in the sweet spot. Yep, I also get to pay all the bills, too! That part, I must say (to be careful here) creates a large vacuum.