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! My secret is that I buy heavily fromt he cut out bins and the Naxos counter. Further, I don't tend to spend a lot of money on other recreations (except books and scores). I am not a sports buff, nor do I frequent movie theatres (alas, as I really enjoy them). I commute to school and work about 90 minutes a day so I listen in my car as others have said they do. Unlike a fellow list member (I forget who said it now), I can read and listen at the same time and not be too distracted. In fact, having music on in the background tends to increase my concentration. I also pop in a disc when I am reading my MCML mail! Kevin Sutton