What is the size of your physical and digital music collection?

Kimbahley · 02-09-2010, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Seltzer

I'll admit it is pretty high maintenance in terms of tagging and sorting and stuff. The good thing is that my mate keeps a copy of all my music so I'm safe should anything go amiss.

Wow, 100, 000 would be like a dream library. How familiar are you with your music? I have troubles at times keeping up with my collection--that is, sometimes I'll hear a song I absolutely love, but I'll forget about it and might not hear it again for months.

I'm especially surprised that you're younger than me, I mean, I don't know how many albums I have, but I guess it's around 600. I have about 14,500 songs and it's taken me a lifetime to get up to that!

Monk · 02-09-2010, 05:30 PM

I have about 30ish GB with just under 4800 songs.

t3hplatyz0rz · 02-09-2010, 05:35 PM

I just saw "what is the size of your..." in the title.
I could've sworn it was going to be "p3n0r" after that.

I really don't have that much music. Like, 400 songs in my iTunes, and I really haven't counted CDs. They're mostly my dad's though, and I only have maybe 5 which are completely my own.
But I don't really care. I can get new music whenever I want via Youtube, and I go some live shows... I'd say that I'm not doing bad.

sidewinder · 02-10-2010, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by t3hplatyz0rz

I just saw "what is the size of your..." in the title.
I could've sworn it was going to be "p3n0r" after that.

I really don't have that much music. Like, 400 songs in my iTunes, and I really haven't counted CDs. They're mostly my dad's though, and I only have maybe 5 which are completely my own.
But I don't really care. I can get new music whenever I want via Youtube, and I go some live shows... I'd say that I'm not doing bad.

And I'm gonna take a wild guess and say you're quite young, so it's perfectly normal to have a small collection at that point.

asimplecomplex · 02-11-2010, 07:38 AM

last i checked my digital collection was 80GB+ that was a year or so ago.

before the yard sale, my CD collection was approaching 1,000.

got a few dozen vinyl too.

Nine Black Poppies · 02-11-2010, 11:15 PM

Digital
As of right now: 65,624 songs / 5354 albums / 2327 artists
It's about 352GB, which I keep on a dedicated external 1TB drive

Physical
I haven't counted in some time, but I'd estimate about 700 official CDs, 400 LPs and maybe a couple hundred bootlegs?

Kamikazi Kat · 02-11-2010, 11:23 PM

I had about 30 gigs, then the external harddrive I was storing it on died out.

I started rebuilding my music collection on my desktop computer, got to maybe 15 gigs, then the motherboard fried.

Now I have about 20 gigs on a shiny new computer.

I estimate that if it wasn't for every collection I try to build up, I would have roughly 50 gigs. Right now I'm getting all of the old albums that I lost back, and starting to get some new music. The only problem is I can't remember all the bands I listened too... I'm bad with names. The positive effect is that while getting all of my old music back I revisited a lot of old bands that sort of got buried amongst the new stuff.

I have about 40 CD's, and bunch of old vinyl albums lying around. My dad had a small amount, and he got a bunch from a friend who didn't want them anymore.

noise · 04-13-2010, 06:01 AM

well i've gone and upgraded most of my collection to flac. it's now over 500gb, and it's growing bigger every day.the only stuff left in mp3 is rare singles or obscure bands that i can't find flac rips of.

i hope to god my drive doesn't crash before i get a chance to buy a backup!

Guybrush · 04-13-2010, 06:08 AM

^You reripped/redownloaded your whole collection? Wow, that must've taken some time!

noise · 04-13-2010, 06:15 AM

haha yeah, well it's taking a lot more time to re-tag everything! luckily with MP3tag i can copy/past tags from the mp3 album to the flac album, then all i have to do is re-calculate replay gain values and it's all set to go.

i have fast internet and what.cd recently had a 5-day freeleech marathon so i just left my computer rolling and grabbed nearly 1000 albums

i know that flac is overkill, but i have the net speed, the bandwidth, and the drive space, so i figured - why not?

View Poll Results: How many songs are there in your media library?
From 1 to 1999 songs	18	12.16%
2000 to 4999 songs	21	14.19%
5000 to 9999 songs	34	22.97%
10000 to 14999 songs	22	14.86%
15000 to 19999 songs	12	8.11%
20000 to 24999 songs	7	4.73%
25000 to 29999 songs	10	6.76%
30000 to 34999 songs	3	2.03%
35000 to 39999 songs	1	0.68%
40000 to 44999 songs	1	0.68%
45000 to 49999 songs	1	0.68%
50000 to 54999 songs	2	1.35%
55000 to 59999 songs	1	0.68%
60000 to 64999 songs	2	1.35%
65000 to 69999 songs	2	1.35%
70000 to 74999 songs	2	1.35%
75000 to 79999 songs	2	1.35%
80000 to 84999 songs	0	0%
85000 to 89999 songs	2	1.35%
90000 to 94999 songs	0	0%
95000 to 99999 songs	0	0%
100000 songs or more!	5	3.38%
Voters: 148. You may not vote on this poll

02-11-2010, 11:15 PM	#266 (permalink)
Nine Black Poppies Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: A State of Denial Posts: 357	Digital As of right now: 65,624 songs / 5354 albums / 2327 artists It's about 352GB, which I keep on a dedicated external 1TB drive Physical I haven't counted in some time, but I'd estimate about 700 official CDs, 400 LPs and maybe a couple hundred bootlegs? __________________ Like carnivores to carnal pleasures, so were we to desperate measures...

02-11-2010, 11:23 PM	#267 (permalink)
Kamikazi Kat Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 329	I had about 30 gigs, then the external harddrive I was storing it on died out. I started rebuilding my music collection on my desktop computer, got to maybe 15 gigs, then the motherboard fried. Now I have about 20 gigs on a shiny new computer. I estimate that if it wasn't for every collection I try to build up, I would have roughly 50 gigs. Right now I'm getting all of the old albums that I lost back, and starting to get some new music. The only problem is I can't remember all the bands I listened too... I'm bad with names. The positive effect is that while getting all of my old music back I revisited a lot of old bands that sort of got buried amongst the new stuff. I have about 40 CD's, and bunch of old vinyl albums lying around. My dad had a small amount, and he got a bunch from a friend who didn't want them anymore. Last edited by Kamikazi Kat; 02-11-2010 at 11:29 PM.

04-13-2010, 06:01 AM	#268 (permalink)
noise thirsty ears Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Boulder Posts: 742	well i've gone and upgraded most of my collection to flac. it's now over 500gb, and it's growing bigger every day.the only stuff left in mp3 is rare singles or obscure bands that i can't find flac rips of. i hope to god my drive doesn't crash before i get a chance to buy a backup! __________________ my flac collection

04-13-2010, 06:08 AM	#269 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	^You reripped/redownloaded your whole collection? Wow, that must've taken some time! __________________ Something Completely Different

02-09-2010, 05:30 PM	#262 (permalink)
Monk Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 77	I have about 30ish GB with just under 4800 songs.

02-11-2010, 07:38 AM	#265 (permalink)
asimplecomplex Groupie Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NH Posts: 14	last i checked my digital collection was 80GB+ that was a year or so ago. before the yard sale, my CD collection was approaching 1,000. got a few dozen vinyl too.

04-13-2010, 06:15 AM	#270 (permalink)
noise thirsty ears Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Boulder Posts: 742	haha yeah, well it's taking a lot more time to re-tag everything! luckily with MP3tag i can copy/past tags from the mp3 album to the flac album, then all i have to do is re-calculate replay gain values and it's all set to go. i have fast internet and what.cd recently had a 5-day freeleech marathon so i just left my computer rolling and grabbed nearly 1000 albums i know that flac is overkill, but i have the net speed, the bandwidth, and the drive space, so i figured - why not? __________________ my flac collection