Excellent sounding LPs

I am building up my second record collection, so have been better able to be canny in my acquisitions than first time round. Therefore, I don’t have too many clunkers. 

@newton_john 

The key is to have a good digital streaming system, so you’re not tempted to buy every freakin’ records rolling out of vinyl stamper 😊

The key is to have a good digital streaming system, so you’re not tempted to buy every freakin’ records rolling out of vinyl stamper

Streaming (and I have a decent rig for that)  doesn't make any difference for my vinyl purchase decisions. I just buy whatever records I wish to have. For whatever reason, I get more engaged in the music with vinyl than with streaming.

@dwette 

You may have taken my post out of context. For those of us trying to keep the vinyl collections manageable, buying just anything doesn’t really help the cause. I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’ve managed to keep my collection around 350 records in last five years. 

What I can say is this — every single one of them delivers a goosebump moment the instant the stylus drops into the groove. Quality over quantity 🎶✨

@lalitk 

Quality over quantity

I suppose each to their own. I have some 5000 LPs I've collected over the last 50 years, and still collect about 200 records a year. I love it, and I enjoy the entire collection. I wouldn't dream of eliminating any of them. I get goosebumps no matter which ones I play. 

The really magical goosebumps often come about when I play a record I haven't heard in years, or even decades. 

I don't arbitrarily just "buy anything". I buy what interests me and what I want to listen to. I never buy a record I don't intend to crack open and play within a day or two of its arrival on my doorstep. And once a record enters my collection it never leaves. :)