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Lately, I've been thinking that I should give my whole audio world a going over, but I'm not even sure what the issues are, let alone what to do. Here's the deal.
Right now, my audio collection consists of about 500 cds. I probably buy one or two cds a month, but rarely buy new music; mostly, I'm continuing to build my collection of midcentury jazz, and occasionally I pick up a piece of classical or world music. I haven't really gotten into downloading music, either, and probably won't, though I do have a flash player that I use when I exercise.
The thing is, I move. A lot. As a cd weighs approximately 100 grams, that means I'm carting around 50 kilos (110 pounds) of music. And since I only listen to, on average, one cd per day, and since I tend to favor cds I've acquired recently, that means most of my music collection really just gathers dust. I'm ending my 2-year Philippines stint in July, and I'm certain that when I pack the collection up again, I'll be packing up a lot of music that never left its jewel case in Manila.
I also have a stereo system that I haven't really given much thought to. The best component is probably the Rotel receiver, now 6-8 years old. The Bose bookshelf speakers, though older, also aren't bad, though they occasionally seem like a poor copromise between real speakers and truly small speakers. The CD player is a 16-year-old Sony tray-style player (5 cds).
So what do I want? Well, I want to have all my music with me. I could live with some, maybe even most, of it being mp3s. But storing the whole collection on an iPod is undesireable; I want the jazz, at least, to be with me in cd form, because I consult the liner notes regularly when I listen. I also wouldn't mind a more compact stereo set-up, especially since my next two dwellings (Singapore apartment, Washington apartment) are likely to be rather small.
Okay, you're me. What do you do here?
Right now, my audio collection consists of about 500 cds. I probably buy one or two cds a month, but rarely buy new music; mostly, I'm continuing to build my collection of midcentury jazz, and occasionally I pick up a piece of classical or world music. I haven't really gotten into downloading music, either, and probably won't, though I do have a flash player that I use when I exercise.
The thing is, I move. A lot. As a cd weighs approximately 100 grams, that means I'm carting around 50 kilos (110 pounds) of music. And since I only listen to, on average, one cd per day, and since I tend to favor cds I've acquired recently, that means most of my music collection really just gathers dust. I'm ending my 2-year Philippines stint in July, and I'm certain that when I pack the collection up again, I'll be packing up a lot of music that never left its jewel case in Manila.
I also have a stereo system that I haven't really given much thought to. The best component is probably the Rotel receiver, now 6-8 years old. The Bose bookshelf speakers, though older, also aren't bad, though they occasionally seem like a poor copromise between real speakers and truly small speakers. The CD player is a 16-year-old Sony tray-style player (5 cds).
So what do I want? Well, I want to have all my music with me. I could live with some, maybe even most, of it being mp3s. But storing the whole collection on an iPod is undesireable; I want the jazz, at least, to be with me in cd form, because I consult the liner notes regularly when I listen. I also wouldn't mind a more compact stereo set-up, especially since my next two dwellings (Singapore apartment, Washington apartment) are likely to be rather small.
Okay, you're me. What do you do here?
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