How many composers in your collection?

[greg]

you didn't review it on amazon, did you?

the guy who gave it 1 star has a different name, but...... LOL

[Don]

you didn't review it on amazon, did you?

No - I don't do reviews on Amazon.

[greg]

No - I don't do reviews on Amazon.

Oh, okay, I'll leave it at that. You can find out on your own what I'm laughing about. 

[johnQpublic]

I have one house....oops...wrong answer... been listening to too much politics.

A sloppy fast count....hey! that's as good as I do gratis wise....1050

[Szykneij]

Did we sneak some Henning in among those 482?

I wish I had a Henning CD to include, but I understand they're very rare and hard to find.

Damn, I forgot my Henning CD (it's not catalogued). Make my count 455 then  

Sarge

Is it for sale?   

[greg]

I have one house....oops...wrong answer... been listening to too much politics.

HA! 

[karlhenning]

I wish I had a Henning CD to include, but I understand they're very rare and hard to find.

Well, I simply don't know how some of these rarities have not found their way to you, Tony.

We can do something about that, you know.

[Don]

Oh, okay, I'll leave it at that. You can find out on your own what I'm laughing about. 

You can't make fun of a guy who knows all about electric shavers.

[71 dB]

Perhaps 150 composers, 130 at least.

[Michael]

Well, I have something about 110 composers, it looks rather little with comparison to others. 
Still many others to discover. 

[drogulus]

   
    So we have wide and narrow collections, but keep in mind the relative size of the collection. I have less than 400 CDs or mp3 equivalents, and these contain about 100 composers. If you have as many composers as CDs/LPs than you're casting a much wider net than those of us at 25-35%.

[Lilas Pastia]

Probably over 500. I have large batches of some composers (the usual suspects), but since I'm omnivorous I have tons of single discs with one or more little known composers being represented. And I have some Henning and Molineux, of course !

I didn't see Harry posting here ? Did he ? He'll certainly break the bank !  Youhooo, Harry?

[M forever]

It is not Harry's habit to brag about the size of his CD collection. He prefers to be modest about it. So, please, don't embarrass him.

[greg]

but we wanna know, Harry!

[Mark]

  
    So we have wide and narrow collections, but keep in mind the relative size of the collection. I have less than 400 CDs or mp3 equivalents, and these contain about 100 composers. If you have as many composers as CDs/LPs than you're casting a much wider net than those of us at 25-35%.

I think my (almost) 170 composers spread across about 2,000 CDs seems a fairly good balance ... although, things are unfairly weighted in favour of Beethoven. I must have about 280 CDs of recordings of his work.

[karlhenning]

I think my (almost) 170 composers spread across about 2,000 CDs seems a fairly good balance ... although, things are unfairly weighted in favour of Beethoven. I must have about 280 CDs of recordings of his work.

Society's to blame.

http://www.youtube.com/v/8dehAiSJHZM

[Don]

I think my (almost) 170 composers spread across about 2,000 CDs seems a fairly good balance ... although, things are unfairly weighted in favour of Beethoven. I must have about 280 CDs of recordings of his work.

There's nothing unfair about Beethoven representing more than 10% of your collection.  Bach must be over 20% of my collection and that's totally fair given my preferences.

[Todd]

I've never done a count, though I'd guess probably several hundred at this point.  My collection is dominated by the greats – Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, et al – but I can't resist exploring some lesser known composers.  I've started the long, slow process of ripping my CD collection (I'm thinking I'll be at it for a year or two, if I finish), so at the end maybe I'll know how composers are in my collection.

[Don]

enough

Enough is okay, but don't you feel that you have just the right number of composers (given your tastes)?

[drogulus]

I've never done a count, though I'd guess probably several hundred at this point.  My collection is dominated by the greats – Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, et al – but I can't resist exploring some lesser known composers.  I've started the long, slow process of ripping my CD collection (I'm thinking I'll be at it for a year or two, if I finish), so at the end maybe I'll know how composers are in my collection.

    I think your estimate of the time it takes is about right, or even a bit optimistic, given a collection several times larger than my own. This is true if you rip 3 or 4 CDs a day, a figure which seems low, perhaps, but really isn't when you consider tagging, transcoding (for a portable player), and other organizing chores. I've been going slowly, trying different programs to deal with problem discs (you'll find at least a few of these), reripping to correct the occasional error, as well as optimal compression rates to preserve SQ for portability.

     The whole process would go faster if I just took a pile of discs and ripped them, then left all the other chores to another session just for that purpose. I do it my way mostly because I'm not really in a hurry, and I enjoy what I'm doing.   

    I have a question for those with large collections. How does having several hundred composers available to listen to affect your relationship to their music? Can you evaluate, understand, or appreciate 1000 composers in the same way you do 100? Or is it just up to individual capacities? I would think that I couldn't listen to so many different composers the same way I listen to the limited number I have, which I can imagine increasing by a factor of 2 but hardly by a factor of 10.