Technical Issues.
Fri, Nov 25 2011, 9:51PM
Is limited shelf space a good idea. It keeps your CD collection down to a 'reasonable' size, a 'one in, one out' policy - or is 'free expansion' the way forward. It grows when it needs to, it contracts when it needs to. BUT we all cheat, I have a separate shelf for Opera CDs, well it makes sense, a totally different category.
(downloaders can butt out of this one with their comments about it being cheaper and quicker, this thread is for floored humans only, none of that techno utopia stuff, :-) yeah smiley to you too whatever that means laugh out loud)
Sat, Nov 26 2011, 10:08AM
#2
RE: Technical Issues.
Irrelevant question, I ran out of shelf space years ago! Can we consider floor space?
Sat, Nov 26 2011, 11:00AM
#3
RE: Technical Issues.
To collect or not to collect? That's the question!
If you opt for the former, the ramifications are endless and sometimes painful, including the space, where you have to "house" your collection. Then, you become resourceful, inventive, creative and you use any possible space available or quasi available, like closets, floor, attic, anything that may go.
It's a bit of a nightmare!..
Parla
Sat, Nov 26 2011, 11:37AM
#4
RE: Technical Issues.
If your 'Ramifications' are endless Parla I suggest you cut down on your Ligeti collection. But you are right to point out that having too many versions of one work can only add to the problem. But which Beethoven 5 could I not do without.
Tue, Nov 29 2011, 7:42AM
#5
RE: Technical Issues.
That is all quite true, but there's also downloa-- oh, sorry, must've taken a wrong turn somewhere. :-P
Sun, Dec 4 2011, 10:41PM
#6
RE: Technical Issues.
My late friend Charlie's "one in one out" policy when I was building up my collection was useful as I was able to pick up his discards at somewhat of a discount.
I'm probably heading towards ripping some of the less precious bits of the collection and moving it on, but can't bear the thought of a hard disc crash. I'm also waiting for the streaming / hard drive technology to mature.
Fortunately Mrs P is very tolerant (it's one of the reasons why I married her!)
P
Sun, Dec 4 2011, 11:07PM
#7
RE: Technical Issues.
My late friend Charlie's "one in one out" policy when I was building up my collection was useful as I was able to pick up his discards at somewhat of a discount.
I'm probably heading towards ripping some of the less precious bits of the collection and moving it on, but can't bear the thought of a hard disc crash. I'm also waiting for the streaming / hard drive technology to mature.
Fortunately Mrs P is very tolerant (it's one of the reasons why I married her!)
P
I have to say that anyone who's able to stick to a 'one in one out' policy has more will-power than I'm ever likely to have.
Out of genuine interest, what aspect(s) of current streaming technology do you think need improvement? I'm certainly mightily impressed with what it delivers, being a comapartively recent convert.
Sun, Dec 4 2011, 11:14PM
#8
RE: Technical Issues.
"Comapartively" might well be a word I start using regularly. Sounds impressively meaningless! Apologies for the typing.
Tue, Dec 13 2011, 5:44PM
#9
RE: Technical Issues.
I guess its the reliability and long term issues. I'd look a right wally if I took all my CDs down to Oxfam and then found that my chosen streaming site had decided to cease functioning, or to cease doing classical and just deliver Barry Manilow hits. I read an online article somewhere where the author was suggesting that many streaming sites were struggling with their terms from the record labels.
It's also the connection of the computer to the hifi issue.
With the hard drive thing - it looks interesting, but again I've known a number of hard drives pack up. Yes you can back up, but that can get fiddly if you keep adding to the collection.
I do need to persuade mrs P to let me get some bigger shelves.
Best wishes,
P
Tue, Dec 13 2011, 9:59PM
#10
RE: Technical Issues.
Nice to read a Ligeti-based gag of a tuesday evening.
You could do without Rattle's VPO Beethoven 5.
A few years ago I decided that the sheer quantity of CDs cluttering up the house was getting out of hand, so I decided to discard the jewel cases for around 50% of my collection, keeping all the CDs and paper parts in large binders that I bought from Maplin for around £20 each. It works very well, and the number of bins bags full of jewel cases that I took to the recycling center was truly scary. Plus all of the dust that they collect over the years. However the cat decided that the A-C folder made a great scratching post and so it looks awful, but the CD's are intact.
In an ideal world I would have a mahogony library and sliding ladder with which to reach them all, but I aint at that place yet!
Is your shelf space minimal or maximal Magnus?
Mark