You hit the nail on the head. I used to go to guys houses who had upwards of fifty pieces of audio gear and it just sat there collecting dust. Same with guitars; how many good kids would give their eye-teeth to play a 56 strat? Some dim-wit has dozens of them stashed in his basement so his wife can sell it when he kicks the bucket. Records too; I play every album I have and I tell people up front they have no business hoarding music like some obsessive-compulsive dweeb. Collecting is a disease; people can't perform in life so they hoard stuff. And is it my imagination or do they all have the same personal affect? That sort of rushed intensity and superior front with a guarded insecurity?