Post by steviev November 23, 2013 (281 of 315)
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samayoeruorandajin said:
I have over 4000 RBCDs and SACDs and have never duplicated recordings and I do not use a database. I have a photographic memory when it comes to these little devils and what I have bought 20 years ago remains in my memory and usually where I bought it, when I bought it, and what it sounds like.
So I'm not the only one....
I'm astonished that in 20 years of collecting (and occasionally listening to) classical CDs and SACDs, I have never accidentally bought the same disc twice, and I have nearly 13,000 CDs and over 500 SACDs, plus about 30 blurays. And like you, my memory is my only database.
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steviev said:
So I'm not the only one....
I'm astonished that in 20 years of collecting (and occasionally listening to) classical CDs and SACDs, I have never accidentally bought the same disc twice, and I have nearly 13,000 CDs and over 500 SACDs, plus about 30 blurays. And like you, my memory is my only database.
Well, I probably have a whole lot more. I just guesstimate. It's probably closer to twice that. I just say 4000 to make my wife happy (at least a little).
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Post by steviev November 23, 2013 (283 of 315)
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wehecht said:
It's not so much a question of what I know, but rather of what my wife knows. We've endured through 45 years of happy marriage, but there are some disadvantages in being married to a CPA who's perfectly content listening to Barry Manilow on AM radio.
Only here at SACD.net have I encountered folks who understand my desire to just sit and listen intently to a great recording, not as background music and not as something to fill the silences of conversation. I don't know a single person in meatspace who understands this part of me; just you guys.
Does anyone know a woman who can wallow in beautiful sound without distraction -- no reading, conversation, or toil -- sans influence of booze or drugs? I've never met her.
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Post by aaron February 19, 2014 (284 of 315)
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steviev said:
Only here at SACD.net have I encountered folks who understand my desire to just sit and listen intently to a great recording, not as background music and not as something to fill the silences of conversation. I don't know a single person in meatspace who understands this part of me; just you guys.
Does anyone know a woman who can wallow in beautiful sound without distraction -- no reading, conversation, or toil -- sans influence of booze or drugs? I've never met her.
hear hear!
(pun intended)
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steviev said:
Does anyone know a woman who can wallow in beautiful sound without distraction -- no reading, conversation, or toil -- sans influence of booze or drugs?
My wife ;-))
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Post by pgmdir February 19, 2014 (286 of 315)
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I think it's part of the DNA. Man the hunter is single-tracked and LISTENS for the saber-toothed tiger. Woman the nest keeper/mother/protector of children is engineered to be multitasked-- and perhaps needs to be busy even now because of that. She is feeding, cooking, making stuff--all while listening for danger or kids with problems.
But I will continue to avoid bringing that thought up to my wife who is learning the evil Windows 8 while I am focused solely on music or the box.
And the older I get, the more single-tracked I am. And I apologize to any woman reading this for anything she might disagree with. I am obviously wrong.
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I have 18 SACD, all but one (Pink Floyd) with symphonic music. They are not many but I've just started this route.
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Well, because I maintain a database (my insurance company insisted I keep one because of the size of my collection) I know that I have 18/19k CDs including some 1k+ SACDs. I always seem to have a backlog of discs to play, largely because I tend to buy a lot at once. My wife, who is a professional classical musician, has given up telling me to slow down (sigh..._ - actually she does enjoy listening sometimes but only when I am around, she never bothers to put a disc on to play. Very occasionally I have duplicated something in my collection - it's funny but when that happens I have a suspicion that I may already have it in my collection.
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Post by sylvian February 20, 2014 (289 of 315)
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souwestman said:
Well, because I maintain a database (my insurance company insisted I keep one because of the size of my collection) I know that I have 18/19k CDs including some 1k+ SACDs. I always seem to have a backlog of discs to play, largely because I tend to buy a lot at once. My wife, who is a professional classical musician, has given up telling me to slow down (sigh..._ - actually she does enjoy listening sometimes but only when I am around, she never bothers to put a disc on to play. Very occasionally I have duplicated something in my collection - it's funny but when that happens I have a suspicion that I may already have it in my collection.
471 + 3 more underway to date.
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Post by aaron March 4, 2014 (290 of 315)
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1068 and several in the mail...
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