What type of CD collector are you?

[The Mad Hatter]

Very much impulsive at the moment. When I'm not spending all my money on unimportant things like food, then I'll probably move into obsessive.

[Harry]

Exploring type, of course I am, you all knew that right?

[springrite]

Exploring type, of course I am, you all knew that right?

*wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge* *say no more*

[Que]

0:) DEFINITIVE

The first of two discerning types. They won't add any CDs to their collection unless various trusted reviews and their own listening experience convinces them that such discs might be considered 'definitive'. If they already own what they consider to be a first-rate recording, and this is then surpassed for them by another, they'll often debate whether to keep the former disc in their collection.

Basically the "Definitive" type with some "Comprehensive" and "Selective" mixed in, because I tend to go for particular composers and trust my gut feeling in selecting recordings. However, I don't care for the multiple recordings nor for the obscure, so "Obsessive" and "Explorative" obviously do not apply.

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[George]

I need to read that OP more closely...

[Bunny]

I think at any given time on any given day any one of those words can describe my buying habits.  Call me obsessive-comprehensive, selective subtype with strong explorative-definitive tendencies, and characterized by poor impulse control.   

[George]

I started an Explorative,

then Definitive,

now I'm basically a Comprehensive with composers/performers I love and Definitive with those I like.   

[Steve]

I think at any given time on any given day any one of those words can describe my buying habits.  Call me obsessive-comprehensive, selective subtype with strong explorative-definitive tendencies, and characterized by poor impulse control.   

We all display characteristics of many personality types at one point or another, but the point is to select the dominant one.

[Todd]

All but Selective and Definitive.  Just depends on my mood.

[rubio]

I'm a mix between explorative, definitive and obsessive. I always read plenty of reviews and forum opinions before making purchases, and I use quite some time identifying forum individuals/reviewers with tastes quite similar to mine. I hate to buy a really bad CD/DVD/book. Life is just too short. But a bad purchase hardly happens anymore.

[George]

I hate to buy a really bad CD/DVD/book. Life is just too short. But a bad purchase hardly happens anymore.

Agreed. 

[marvinbrown]

  I'm definitive...no question about it...I want great recordings...I need to have great recordings: 

   1) Solti Ring (Wagner)
   2) Karajan 1963 Beethoven Symphony Cycle
   3) Gulda Beethoven Piano cycle
   4) Karajan Der Rosenkavelier
   5) Rifkin's Favorite Bach's Cantatas
   6) La Petite Band's Bach Mass in B Minor
   7) Solti's Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi)
   8 ) Bernstein's Late Symphonies (Mozart)
   9) Karajan's Die Meistersingers von Nurnberg
  10) Chung's Otello (Verdi)

   to name a few......

   marvin

[Norseman]

The 'selective' description fit me much better than any of the others. (with a hint of 'definitive') At least nowadays, might change..

[Guido]

Explorative/Comprehensive

[Bunny]

We all display characteristics of many personality types at one point or another, but the point is to select the dominant one.

Yes, but I've always had trouble prioritizing and I don't think any one of the various types is dominant overall.  My spending habits vary radically from day to day.  Of course, I can be something of a cheapskate, but that wasn't one of the types.  I could as easily say that a good price is the greatest stimulus to some of my buying decisions, and still not get it mostly right.  I'm a lot more complex than any one type.  Color me in shades of gray rather than black or white.

[Mark]

Thought I'd bump this, as we've had a fair few new members recently.

[drogulus]

    I'm mostly Selective, because I have so many goals I only partially fulfill any of them. Also I'm attracted to shiny packages.

[Shrunk]

I think I'm somewhere between Definitive and Comprehensive, with some OCD tendencies.  I have a list of "essential" works by the usual canon of composers and I am in the process of amassing a collection with representation from all the works.  I generally like to have at least two or three contrasting versions of each work, say a classic/historic version, and a more modern version.  I  also like to have at least one HIP version for classical and earlier repertoire. My preference is for LP when possible.  Of course, I still make room for some of my more idiosyncratic interests, such as lute music and pre-Baroque vocal.

I'm actually quite close to having this phase of my collecting complete.  Afterwards, I suspect I may move over to Explorative.  That, or just slow down my music buying altogether and take the time to really listen to what I have.

[marvinbrown]

Thought I'd bump this, as we've had a fair few new members recently.

  Yes thank you for that Mark, this thead needed revisiting and as usual I am still definitive but I have changed a bit and have become a bit explorative (During the past couple of months I have or am in the process of discovering the following new composers: Sibelius, Bruckner, and Debussy) and am looking at adding a few Anglo-American composers to my collection in the coming months as well.


  marvin

   

[George]

I think I'm somewhere between Definitive and Comprehensive, with some OCD tendencies.  I have a list of "essential" works by the usual canon of composers and I am in the process of amassing a collection with representation from all the works.  I generally like to have at least two or three contrasting versions of each work, say a classic/historic version, and a more modern version.  I  also like to have at least one HIP version for classical and earlier repertoire. My preference is for LP when possible.  Of course, I still make room for some of my more idiosyncratic interests, such as lute music and pre-Baroque vocal.

I'm actually quite close to having this phase of my collecting complete.  Afterwards, I suspect I may move over to Explorative.  That, or just slow down my music buying altogether and take the time to really listen to what I have.

I began my collecting in much the same way. If I could do it all over again, I would have followed my own musical taste, rather than the tastes of others (essential works.) Sure, I found a lot of stuff that way, but I also amassed a lot of CDs that I don't listen to, tying up money that could have spent on CDs that I am likely to listen to more often.