ha! fair statement
enjoy it more than you think, but their are others out there have met collect music they don't even like (kind of like those weird people you see on them tv show)
have witnessed alot of young people who collect alot of vinyl and don't even own a player!
absolute madness, with more money than sense.
i admit, was on a crazy collecting train for years, but everyone i bought got a listen ( working as a baker for 25 years in the middle of the night by myself, could listen to more than the 3 album quoter!)
and because my music tastes are extremley extensive, (yes i even love country and western) i have had alot.
i picked up alot of albums after ebay started up, as they had those 0.99 cd auctions and alot of times people wouldn't bid on them so often bought hundreds of cds at one time, back when postage was cheap.
as most of you know here i have sold off most of my goa/psy collection to raise money for various projects and to get me out of the shit for poor financial judgement (mainly buying to much other music!)
and sold of alot of other genres at a market stall years ago, and raised money to move countries and buy furniture etc, so i have only kept the real favorites or the stuff that no one likes, but i have all the music still
and we won't even get started on my vinyl which i still collect, and been selling the originals, buying the represses with plenty of change to fund other things
so to answer your question, it was both, but now just the love of music.
i have been shedding the weight of stuff for years, and still continue to, and feels great, having that much music was a burden, espeically when moving house and countries! and face it, is all much different now, we don't need the physical format anymore...... but, i have only ever bought a handful on digital format!
guess i kind of a hands on kinda guy
i even have a part in my will where a certain person on this site will get what's left of my goa collection when i die!