I kinda agree with James on this........there have always been 'Hotbox' DJ's forever........I even knew what you might class as 'Hotbox' collectors, we had several people down here a few years back, that never DJ'd, but you look in thier little 25 count box & whoa......holy guacamole, some dream 'must have' up to the minuit tunes........but thats all they had, a lot was about the chase I think. Im on my third collection at the moment, I have sold two others over the years & I remember a few years ago laughingly saying to someone, I must be a collector now, as I have more records than will fit into my DJ box ........These day's, unless you are very fortunate, if you wanna have serious impact as a DJ & be a contender, raising the funds for 'new' sounds can be impossible unless you sell something else on, I do my best not to do this, but sometimes personal circumstances & lack of dosh means I have to shift the odd thing, hate doing it, but hey I need to keep my appetite for new stuff satisfied too.
Just my opinion.
Russ