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No more new formats please! Wish I stayed with vinyl!
Maybe it doesn't really matter how much music you have if you've got those three great albums that do it for you every time, but some folks just can't stop collecting. How about you?
It just keeps growing and growing. My wife says as long as it keeps me home at night. Last week while at the gaage sale I found a British Trac "Are You Experienced" Some Decca Rolling Stones. And a unpeeled Beatles "Butcher cover. How could I possibly whith finds like these out there? They ain't mint but, they're mine!
When I started out, I had more CD's then I did vinyl...then I realized that that was rediculous. I found that not only did a record sound better but they are also cheaper. The price of one CD ca get you anywhere from two to fifteen records. Now my Lp collection is triple that of my CD's. I only buy CD's when the LP isn't a option. Only the foolish buy only CD's!
A CD collection which includes a broad range of music from Rock through to classical. Includes a number of rare finds collected over many years from many places around the world. Very few "Audiophile" recordings as they often represent good sound quality and rarely good music.
I am basically a vinyl-only person, but I do own 350+ CDs for all the obvious (?) reasons. I will keep on buying (new) LPs till I run out of resources. LPs and their covers give me so much more enjoyment, both sonically and emotionaly. New LPs used to be so much more "cost-effective" to obtain musical enjoyment from compared to CDs. Above all, record-stores, with their handy LP bins, kept me off the streets. I hardly spend time in CD-stores, they are so boring. hgunther@euronet.nl (the Netherlands)
Still have some of the first LPs I bought in the mid-60's. And I continue to spend several hudred dollars per year on new recordings -- few of which duplicate anything already in my collection. There's a lot of music out there I still desire!
I bought LPs in the '70s because my father would not let me go near his stereo McIntosh components. I overreacted by buying, buying, buying my own records. It was a sickness. The unquenchable desire for spiritual fulfillment through the endless accumulation of materialistic possesions. Also, I like music.
My music purchases have been guided largely by personal taste and popular trends, both past and present. While I admit that there are some titles I own that I seldom ( if ever) listen to anymore, they did provide me with much enjoyment in their day. Conversely, there were some titles I purchased that took some years before I grew to appreciate them. Of the many titles I own, there are those which have risen to the surface to become timeless classics to me. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But I'm still playing!
I personally feel that it is verry important for us, the listeners, to support our favorite musicians and purchase their work. It is a direct way to tell these performs that we either like what they are doing or we don't. My collection has tremendous range and is one of my most prized possetions.
There are two addictions in my life. Music and music equiment. Because I am a retailer I have access to both great deals on equipment, but i am exposed to a lot of great music. I try to follow a simple equation ... $1 spend on components must be met with $2 spend on CDs or LPs. That way I always have something new to listen to even if its been 6 months since my last upgrade. I cant actually recalla week going by that I havent bought at least one cd or lp.
I remember when I first started my collection. Until I hit about 600 I often felt I could go through my entire collection and not find the thing I was in the mood for. Now as I get perilously close to 2000 I find that I am not able to give the music the time it deserves. But, there is too much great music out there to stop listening to something new. Music enriches the soul.