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General Category => Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions => Topic started by: Ivor on August 12, 2007, 05:49:55 PM
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How do you choose what to buy given the superabundance and assuming a not-unlimited budget?
i used to sweat buckets and be at a loss and spend hours when I first bought LPs - not many.
now I can find s-h LPs so cheap, i buy by the barrow-load. So that was one of my problems - little money when young when I wanted so many.
Ivor
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Wow Igor, that's always a tough dilemma. I believe that in order to make true discoveries, one has to be willing to make mistakes on their own too. However, I know that funds are a problem for the vast majority of us mere mortals. But even though I'm quite opinionated on the things that I do know about, I feel that it's very important for people to develop their own likes and dislikes. In my earlier days of listening and collection music, I hit the libraries quite hard - often times travelling to local university libraries, in order to hear things that I hadn't heard before. That really helped me a lot. From there, I was able to make educated guesses as to what recordings I'd like, and which ones I wouldn't. For the most part, I've been right. So in other words, take advantage of as many free or low cost avenues as you can.
Barry
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Thats how I started to...using the library for years...checking out LPs or CD's. These days, I'm buying vinyl again because it's much cheaper. I limit my "new CD" purchases to Mahler.
I usually decide after reading reviews here and on other sites, like musicweb or classics today...but sometimes I just take a chance on something. Also, trading is another great way to hear different recordings.
--Leo