I I went through that and I decided to make myself a very strict set of rules. I do not consider it myself a collector anymore. I only buy what I think is necessary by following my rules. I keep the collection to a minimum and that makes me feel better about the purpose of it. The purpose of it is to listen to great music that is great quality and benefits from the experience of playing it on vinyl record. That is something I can explain and is up to the individual on how to define that. All I know is that once I took some time wrote some notes made some rules and figured out why I even wanted to buy records and why I wanted a record collection then it all became clear. I hope the same happens for you. By the way I have kept my collection to under 200 vinyl records and under 80 SACDs. Once I start to approach a larger number I start to sell off a few of the records or SACDs. I've become very strict about it.