Poll: Music acquiring habits?

Ahleckz · 7 Jan 2011 at 18:46

D, but also use Spotify (C) quite often.

I used to use Pandora a lot, and it worked incredibly well but they pulled out of the UK and I haven't found anything that is as good. The Spotify radio is quite poor, and I don't think last.fm works nearly as well. Would never pay for Spotify though.

mjt · 7 Jan 2011 at 19:23

D

Although quite often A if I really like the artist.
Can't see the point of B at all. If I'm paying, I'd like to have a nice case with a CD and a little booklet

Bennie-Mac · 7 Jan 2011 at 19:30

D mostly, with a little bit of A thrown in for good measure

Vonhelmet · 7 Jan 2011 at 19:53

mjt said:
D

Although quite often A if I really like the artist.
Can't see the point of B at all. If I'm paying, I'd like to have a nice case with a CD and a little booklet

Whereas some of us can't see the point A of at all. I'm buying music to listen to music, not to read about which studio they recorded tracks 1, 3, 6, 11 and 12 in.

Dark_Angel · 7 Jan 2011 at 19:58

CD really. Though I do have a tendency to be rather addicted to listening to music via youtube :/

lcg · 7 Jan 2011 at 20:16

A and D. Mostly D.

mjt · 7 Jan 2011 at 20:49

vonhelmet said:
Whereas some of us can't see the point A of at all. I'm buying music to listen to music, not to read about which studio they recorded tracks 1, 3, 6, 11 and 12 in.

My issue with B is that you can get an identical product for free.
Plus if you do want the tracks on CD, you'll have to burn and it'll look like you've pirated it anyway

lixxus · 7 Jan 2011 at 20:53

I done A once then went to B, then I found out you could D, So i stopped doing A&B.

But now with C, I hardly D anymore since its much easier to access music i want to listen to.

mushroomsoup · 7 Jan 2011 at 20:57

A

I like a tangible music collection

Sgt_Pepper · 7 Jan 2011 at 22:58

A: Because i have an ok Hifi i like to own CD's,

but i do use Spotify to preview artists and albums before I purchase

Tonyator · 7 Jan 2011 at 23:33

The simplicity of D, is what makes it hard for me to justify doing anything else.

sigma · 8 Jan 2011 at 00:09

No vinyl option.

Lysander · 8 Jan 2011 at 00:10

sigma said:
No vinyl option.

Take it as A. And don't be a vinyl snob.

Qdos · 8 Jan 2011 at 00:15

Haven't bought a CD in 10+ years. Since I got a Spotify invite, not used D - which says something. I even pay to have an ad-free Spotify!

steve-h · 8 Jan 2011 at 00:18

I don't want a load of disk cases ;/

Digitally.

mjt · 8 Jan 2011 at 00:21

I have to say I'm not surprised by the results. However, it is nice to see that the RIAA are still fighting a losing battle

Lysander said:
Take it as A. And don't be a vinyl snob.

Maybe he's a DJ?

sigma · 8 Jan 2011 at 00:27

Lysander said:
Take it as A. And don't be a vinyl snob.

But I would be lying! Some would also say it's a downgrade too.

I'm not being a snob, just trying to be honest.

Efour · 8 Jan 2011 at 00:30

Spotify at home

mjt · 8 Jan 2011 at 00:31

sigma said:
But I would be lying! Some would also say it's a downgrade too.

I'm not being a snob, just trying to be honest.

I can't see why anybody would actively buy vinyl unless you're DJing. Or unrealistically nostalgic

Matteysan · 8 Jan 2011 at 00:32

D & sometimes B & sometimes C also.

Don't do A because I prefer to just have the music & not the rest of the clutter.

Poll: Music acquiring habits?

How do you acquire music

Purchase CDs

Purchase digitally (iTunes etc)

Stream with an online service such as Spotify, Napster etc.

Other means (for example Torrents, P2P etc)

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