Eric,
I, too, am from the "don't throw it away" school. But sometimes it can become a problem. I'll post some pictures of my stash, er, stashes.
BTW, I am a big fan of the clean crisp highs brought by silver in the signal path.
Edit: So the pictures added.
First is caps the size of a Foster's Lager can, 450V, and transformers, then oilers power supplies etc., then caps resistors and things I can't remember, and finally the stack of nuts screws washers and, at the bottom, drawers of larger electrical parts.