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Nancy Bunin wrote:
>Third- I'm amazed at the breadth of some respondents' collections. How do
>they finance this?? And after financing their collections, how do they have
>the time to really listen to it all? Surely not all can be independently
>wealthy- or made a killing in the market. Please let me in on the secret,
>if only regarding time management for music listening!
I will echo those who have said that having a CD player in the car has
increased my listening time. Also, I listen more or less constantly when
I'm at the computer. Six years ago my wife and I had about 300 CDs. Today
we have about 2200. That represents the addition of about 300 CDs per
year. I stack new CDs by the computer and don't play anything else until
I have listened to all the new ones. After I have listened, my wife
usually takes about one in three and plays them on her computer.
I would guess that that the average price per CD that we pay is around
$10.00 including taxes and shipping. (We buy about two-thirds of our CDs
from BMG, Berkshire and Naxos. The other third is usually bought online at
varying discounts. We used to buy quite a bit from Classical Choice, but
between their now poor customer service, their increasingly higher prices
and my incresingly arcane repertoire selections, I haven't bought anything
from them in at least six months.
$3000.00 a year is quite a bit of money, but we have no children and live
in a cultural backwater (the Modesto, CA area). In the end of course, it's
a matter of priorities.
Mike Cole
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