I'm a classical music and opera zealot, and this is my temple of relaxation. Like everyone's temple, it's evolving. I have 9,000+ CDs. 95% are classical and opera, all handpicked performances and many out of print. In a closet: 4% cool jazz and west coast jazz, and 1% everything else. I don't do vinyl because only a fraction of the performances I want are available at reasonable prices, and most not available at all. Plus, not all vinyl beats all CDs with a decent DAC.
I caught the audiophile bug in the early '90s. My system has included Pass, Dunlavy, Meridian, JL subs, Melos, and Schitt. I've loved almost all of it. One day I shall convert my basement into a speakeasy and reinstall my beloved Dunlavy and Pass system.
Forget the system, I am in love with custom shelving & ladder...lol! Gorgeous room with a beautiful system. The solution to your storage problem, rip bulk of your CD’s to a SSD. Buy something like Aurender ACS100, which offers upto 8TB of storage. I’ve been enjoying rips of over 800 CD’s into my Aurender and still kept about 200 plus CD’s (mostly Japanese) that are rare finds.
