A way to listen to a large collection


I’ve discovered a great way to deal with an intimidatingly large collection of CDs and records.
 It would take much longer time than I have on this earth to go through them all, so I’ve found a way to really enjoy the variety.
What I do is, without looking, just reach blindly for a disc on the wall and, no matter what it is, play it through in its entirety.
 It’s amazing how enjoyable this is.  Things which I would not ordinarily choose become currently viable.  After all, I bought them for a reason. There’s no reason I shouldn’t like them!
I found that when I conciously pick a selection, I’m very choosy, considering the sound quality far too often.  This way, it’s like getting a new present all the time.
Re-discovering wonderful performances I’d forgotten about (and, coincidentally, enjoying the sound quality for what it is, more than I would have if I had been searching for good sonics.)
I highly recommend this procedure!
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Truly wonderful idea!!!  I listen a lot to classical and jazz on my tuner just because I don't feel like taking the time to look thru my collection to pick something out.  My cd collection is in books instead of jewel cases to cut down on room; now I'll just pick out a page and give a listen.  Thanks! 
The OP's basic method works well for me. Two or three times a week I will pull an LP or CD that I "forgot" I had and give it a play.  Very enjoyable.
Completely agree. Since I have my LPs in alphabetical order, I have a general sense of what I am picking but I have never been let down. I bought them for a reason. The reason is I love the progressive rock era. I find a new purpose every time I put a new one on. Might have listened to it before. Maybe not. In the end, the music is beautiful.
For vinyl, I tend to pick arbitrarily within an artist I want to listen to. For digital, I have a few thousand ripped cd’s/purchased dsd/hires and tidal with MQA. With Roon, I pick an artist and shuffle thru all the albums/songs. Roon allows you to add songs/albums from tidal to your library, no download, just adds metadata. Roon does a great job at shuffling thru ripped and online music.
Have many clients with very large collections - some have a heavy rotation stack - one couple whom owns a stupendous Stereo system and about 10k Classical Albums all sorted out by label are listening to them by label. I have known this couple for 15 plus years, they are about done with the first go around and looking forward to the next turnover. 

Absolutely lovely people, listen together every evening, something to aspire to. 

Good Listening 

Peter