How many unopened Cd's do you have?

[toledobass]

Along the lines of some of the recent posts:  In January,  I stopped buying cd's because I had so many things I'd only given a cursory listen to or things that were not even opened.  While at first,  it was difficult to read great comments and reviews about particular disks and not be tempted to buy, after I started in on getting to know what I had it became a little easier because there was so much new stuff to listen to.  I'm at the tail end of this process and now only have maybe 15 things that are left unopened.  A lot of Bartok,  the Kertesz Dvorak cycle,  Boulez M2 and some others I can't remember off hand. 

Do you have a pile of stuff that is unopened?

Allan

[Mark]

Not 'unopened', but unheard. About 100 CDs, I think ...

[orbital]

None.
I listen to every CD I buy within the same week generally, but again I don't buy an awful lot  0:)

[George]

About 18. 

[Harry]

I open everything I get nowadays, but the piles to be listen too are huge, not to say enormous.
Waiting would be about 600 cd's given or take a few.

[Lilas Pastia]

About 200-250, hard to tell.

Edit: about a third are downloads.

[toledobass]

Not 'unopened', but unheard. About 100 CDs, I think ...

Haha.....and I thought I had a problem...

Allan

[toledobass]

Wow.....I feel like it's 'open season' to start buying CD's again.


Allan

[not edward]

I have no unopened or unhead CDs. If there are any that I have listened to fewer than twice, I am not aware of them.

[Florestan]

None un-opened, three un-heard.

[Todd]

Around 20.

[Mark]

Edit: about a third are downloads.

Downloads get listened to much quicker - they go straight onto my MP3 player and travel with me. Having said this, my 100 or so 'unheard' includes 10 downloaded discs.

[springrite]

Un-opened: none; Unlistened to: about 40 or 50, most are operatic. Hey, this is not a high percentage of my total CDs and, having hardly bought anything for three years, I should get around to all of them in short order.

[Harry]

That does not count then!
I still have the biggest pile to be listened at!

[Mark]

The trouble with me is that I'm guaranteed to download around 9-12 CDs a month, because I get them stupidly cheap. So I spend most of my month listening to these. I also 'pick off' the cheapest 'victims' on my Amazon Wish List whenever I think to check it, then get the discs and just pile them up. I don't add anything to that list any longer, because a) I prefer to download stuff as part of my subscription; b) I'm running out of shelf space; and c) I have a baby on the way ... so all money will soon be spent on her!

Then occasionally, something catches my eye as I browse the racks in my local charity shops. I buy it, and onto the pile it goes. Thank God I live 20 miles from the nearest decent classical music stockists, and that I'm too lazy to idly browse online sites ...

[springrite]

I still have the biggest pile to be listened at!

And you have an even bigger pile to be bought sitting in a werehouse somewhere.

[Florestan]

I still have the biggest pile to be listened at!

Harry, excuse my macabre sense of humour, but... are you sure that until your final hour you would have listened to all your CDs?

[Harry]

And you have an even bigger pile to be bought sitting in a werehouse somewhere.

I have a warehouse!

[Harry]

Harry, excuse my macabre sense of humour, but... are you sure that until your final hour you would have listened to all your CDs?

I sincerely hope so my friend, otherwise bad luck, but this option is better as not buying them.

[springrite]

I have a warehouse!

That is nice to know. When my next paycheck comes, I will send my music orders directly to YOU then!