Poll: What's your music to system ratio?

[IronWing]

Reading various stereo threads got me to thinking about the cost of sound systems vs the music they play. To find your music to system ratio take the total cost of all the music you paid for (CDs, vinyl, downloads, etc.) and divide it buy the total cost of all the players you regularly use (stereo, audio component of home theater, iPod, etc.). Don't count music you stole or no longer have (70s vinyl collection you sold in the 80s) or sound equipment you no longer use (8 track player in the basement).

Mine came out to be about 15:1

 

[IAteYourMother]

ive bought (x) cds 😉

 

[DaveSimmons]

Mine is somewhere around 5:1 in favor of music, I own a bit over 1,000 CDs (acquired over 20 years) but have both home theater and home office music systems plus a Zen Xtra HD portable. Plus a music server PC with all 1,000 in lossless FLAC format, which I listen to on the home office stereo.

 

[IronWing]

bump for the morning crew

 

[Trygve]

I'm guessing I've got around 1200 albums (350 vinyl, the rest CDs) so maybe 1:15?

 

[biostud]

around 80-100 albums, 1:10 music:system

 

[Jumpem]

I've never bought a CD. I think $15-20 is ridiculous.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Jumpem
I've never bought a CD. I think $15-20 is ridiculous.

Just do BMG or Columbia and cancel. I think I have like 20 cd's from them for less than 3 a piece

 

[Anubis]

0.00$/xxxx$ = 0.00

 

[thirdlegstump]

I don't listen to other people's music. I only compose and perform what I want to hear.

 

[JinLien]

About 1:1 for me and I own almost 300 CDs. I use to have more music, but I gave away my LPs & tapes (about 80 & 50) once I build up a good collection of CDs.

 

[vi edit]

About 3:1 in favor of music.

 

[Mo0o]

0

 

[Baked]

162 original CDs = ~$2500
Audio system = ~$5000

NAD C542 - CD Player
NAD C162 - Preamp
NAD C270 - Poweramp
B&W 602 S3 - Speakers
Headamp Gilmore V2 - Heaphone amp
Sennheiser HD650 - Headphone
Audio-Technica A900 - Headphone
Ordered Sony SA5000 - Headphone
Lots of overpriced audio cables

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: Baked
162 original CDs = ~$2500
Audio system = ~$5000

NAD C542 - CD Player
NAD C162 - Preamp
NAD C270 - Poweramp
B&W 602 S3 - Speakers
Headamp Gilmore V2 - Heaphone amp
Sennheiser HD650 - Headphone
Audio-Technica A900 - Headphone
Ordered Sony SA5000 - Headphone
Lots of overpriced audio cables

another NAD user :thumbsup:

 

[IronWing]

I wonder if I changed the rules to have folks value their stolen music at $1/song how the ratios would change?

 

[acemcmac]

zero. music is worthless to me, so I would never pay for it.

 

[Shawn]

probably 1:500. I don't buy music.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I think I got a cd as a gift once... does that count?

So roughly 1:300?

 

[chronokefka]

$0/$0. All my media are stolen from various people over the years. And my sound system is this desktop w/stolen generic 5.1 speakers from...someone at some point.
Unless my computer counts...and even then it's $0/$1500 = 0