I have a dilemma.....

My collection is quite modest compared with some other here, but the quality is usually pretty good...I think I must be about 700 or more LP's mainly classical.

I have numerous RCA shaded dogs, Mercury Living Presence, and MFSL for example, that I just dont listen to..I originally bought them because of sentimental reasons and collectability.

Now that I want to wonder into other labels like Linn, Lyrita, UK Columbia SAX, Super Analogue and Reference Recordings which are kind of expensive, I find myself spinning my wheels if I should sell most of my Living Stereo/Presence LP's to buy some other stuff...

You know when it makes good sense to sell some LP's but in the back of your mind something tells me not to...I guess its their historical value that I appreciate more..

How do you guys manage your collection? dont you feel like selling tah stuff that sits on the shelf for long periods of time?

Other then one record i sold on ebay I buy not sell em.

My feelings are to buy records to listen to not for collectability.

I know I like to give old stuff away! Just a couple of months ago, I decided, "What's the use of listening to all this music ALONE?!" So I started emptying my shelves of CD's and LP's that I havent listened to in a long time and give them to people I know will appreciate a) their monetary value, and b) their value to ME!

I find it much easier to GIVE things to my brother, or my cousins who really enjoy music, than to SELL the stuff to a stranger.

Yeah I do, but I always listen to it once more before deciding. Sometimes I decide to keep it and sometimes to get rid of it. With an LP and CD collection growing at as fast as mine does, you have to do a little culling from time to time.

-Dave

Grumpy,,everything I bought I like, but I cant keep spending on LP's..especially if they are pricey....

If i pulled off the shelf and listened to the ones I might sell, most likely I will enjoy them a lot. But I guess I am short sighted in the sense that because I havent listened to them in a certain amt. of time, they may be tradeable.....

I never bought an LP because they were simply collectable...although RCA and Mercury were staples in my home as a kid, so I enjoy having them around,,,but I find myself not listening to them as much, as I feel there are many better recorded labels...Except in the mono RCA's...

I have found my tastes change, change some more and occasionally change back. I have stuff I hadn't listened to in ages that has recently found it's way back to the table. I'd be incredibly hesitant to get rid of something that was once enjoyable enough to purchase.

Just my two cents worth which is really worth a little less.

has averyone into LP's read this stuff?

I kinda agree with him more than not,,

clicky linky (http://www.high-endaudio.com/index_ac.html)

Did u post a pic of your new Tannoys btw?

Thats what stops me from selling...But i would like also to move fwd and experience new labels,,,,oh well...i will figure it out..LOL

WhiteSE asked,

Did u post a pic of your new Tannoys btw?


No, I took some but absolutely hated the way they turned out. I'll have to try again.

This is an oxymoron. But we try. Before deciding to cull an LP from the herd, I listen to it once again. If it (or a major part of it) strikes me again, I keep it. I have, more than once, sold/given away LPs and then find myself buying the same one later -- sometimes for the album art, for cripes sake!

Obsessional behavior is not usually very manageable, so I concede and just enjoy the hell out of getting transported (and re-transported) to a particular time/place/memory by an LP.

As I said to my wife last night after a couple of hours of listening to early R&B and soul music: where can I get this much enjoyment for about $3.00/disc? I could have some totally stupid hobby -- like golf.

OK, a cheap shot at all the golfers <G> Forgive me.

Actually, I feel that cueing up that lp that transports you back to another time when life was simpler or when you just didn't give a shit is just like the perfect golf shot that goes exactly where you meant for it to.

It is what brings you back to either hobby's enjoyment.

Types this as Earth, Wind and Fire starts up their super tight funk that makes this old white man want to shake it a little!! :D :D

I agree a bit with Dingus; LPs need to be kept and treasured.

I've sold a few over the last 35+ years, but lately I find myself buying back ones I've sold or looking for cleaner versions of my old, partied out ones.

Since my taste is a bit eclectic, like most the folks here, the ones I'm looking for aren't as common as "Frampton Comes Alive", "Fleetwood Mac" or that one of Phil Collins that stares at anyone thumbing through the bins.

The only real issue I have, aside from storage, is moving Hauling LPs is like loading bricks :yes:

Wornears, obsessional behavior - :lmao: - that's it!!

I'm just getting through the first stage of record collecting - buying everything that moves (in circles).

So, after going from maybe a hundred or so beat up albums from my youth to 5-6 hundred in less than a year (a lot less than a year) I've learned a couple of things.

The main thing for me is to be more picky. Wayyyy more picky. I just spent 8-10 hours this weekend culling albums that I don't like/are too beat up/ are horrible recordings.

This go crazy at first problem seems to hold true for me with any hobby.

I'm going to give selling a few lps on ebay a shot. If I don't like them, and they are in very good shape/ are very good recordings why not?

And I'll use the very good shape/ middling recordings as freebies and use them to sandwitch the "good" album in packing.

Heart of the matter: I don't know how people come out ahead selling lps, most go for so little, but if it gives me more funds for lps I actually like then I can deal with breaking even!

It helps with the basis of my pack-rat-ism as well: I have a hard time tossing "good" stuff.

I've checked out that site before, White, boy I'd sure like to talk to that guy for a half hour!

I think his collectors vs listeners comparison is very valid, I think it applies to our equipment as well.

But what can you do? I've got a copy of Beethovens' 9th, a two album boxed set on RCA Victrola in great shape (33 rpm, too), it doesn't have the best sound (not bad, though), I don't know if it's worth anything or not but I LIKE IT because of what it is.

Decisions, decisions. Good luck!

Pete