in the last year, i've been thinning out my cd collection by taking 30 or 50 at a time to used cd places (in fact, i unloaded 30 this weekend... if anyone is looking for salif keita's cd's - easy street qa). i've been taking non-essential discs, things i don't listen to often or at all, ripping them if there is anything good, then selling them. i've managed to keep my cd collection under 1500 doing this.

vinyl - if anyone is a carpenter / miracle worker - holla at me. my non-essential records are in boxes and will probably remain there until i become independently wealthy...