How many Lp do U have more than 5 of the Same

To Tjnif

My answer to your question is, that most of my record collection is from the 60-70, and none of mine were bought by me @ that time of release. So most of my LP are used. I buy an Lp and listen to it and make notes as to its quality sound, originality, which issue is it, and then rate them on my plastic cover. Say Pink Floyd DSOTM , I had 1 or 2 copies from Canada, and they were fine, then I was in Salsburg Austria and found a copy there, so I bought it, then when I Lived in England for a few years I bought a few more there, They all seem to be different in sound quality, so I found it interesting when I found one that sounded superior to all the ones I had,trust me we are talking about a Big difference in sound quality, a wider and deeper soundstage, amazing detail, and a much more deeper bass. So as a hobbie it seems to keep me buying clean copies looking for a better sounding LP, and why would I keep so many , I never seem to have the time to go over all my stuff and clean it out. I have 2 DSOTM Hot Stampers and wouldn't sell either ,and for the other DSOTM, maybe that's a good New Years resolution. My wife would love it, if I can cut down some of my LP.
Hobbie sometime don't make dollard sence, It's fun and exiting and I love the thrill of of putting that next copy on my Hot super tweaked out Garrard 301 and see what it has to deliver, I have been surprised to many times, to stop now.

Hope that helps
Listen and enjoy
Cheers
peter

collectors collect!

How many see yourselves more as investors than collectors?

I certainly don't invest because I never intend to sell. I have about 3,000 LP's that I started buying in the early '70's. I woke up 40 years later with what one might call a collection. An accumulation would be more accurate. Over the years, I just bought what I liked with no preconceived plan. I have no holes in my accumulation. I never set out to own "x" amount of any particular artist or a complete set of any artist.

If Rhapsody and Pandora music services along with the SqeezeBox had been around when I started, no way would I own that many LP's along with over 1,000 cd's. For sure, we are the last generation where large numbers of us will own large numbers of hard copy music. The day is fast approaching where your 10,000+ collection will be kept in a device the size of a shoebox.
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So, what is the best sounding copy of DSOTM and Wish You Were Here this side of test pressing? And of Deep Purple "Machine Head" ?