Bob Draper writes: >I have been surprised at the way some list members are so obsessed >with purchasing multiple copies of the same work in order to >chase that dream of a performance of absolute perfection. There being no such thing as a "perfect" or "definitive" performance of a work, one can only truly begin to know it by hearing it from multiple perspectives. This is why, despite the size of my CD collection (>3500 CDs and still growing) I still attend live performances regularly. >Surely it is somewhat parochial to stay with the same repertoire >over and over. Surely these two "acquisition strategies" are not mutualy exclusive? Though my collection does indeed include as many as a dozen or more performances of a single work, it includes representation of over 750 composers, and deeply explores the "backwaters" of even the most famous composers' output. len.