How do you listen to music?

something daft already!!

something daft already!!

something daft already!!

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Mostly with your ears I suspect.
Do you keep a collection of old LPs and 45s and music tapes?
Do you perhaps only listen to music on digital format such as CD?
Are you one for using MP3s and storing these on your phone and computer and use the PC's audio output and headphones on the move?
Do you subscribe to a music service such as Spotify or Amazon?
Do you do a bit of all?
Or do you only really listen to the radio?

For me, I have a collection of records from the 70s/80s but no means of playing them now. I've considered getting them transferred but I think I have all the music digitally now. I still have a number of MP3s and use Amazon music. I dislike the radio and prefer to listen to the music I want to listen to.
 
mp3's and winamp at home. On the move I used to use google play but now I use youtube music which is pretty appalling but I'm not aware of any good alternatives sadly.
 
Jeez I forgot about winamp. What was the saying? something about slapping a llama?

I used to buy a lot of FLAC/MP3s but I only really buy songs when I have the intention of DJing with them now - which is rare these days sadly.

Apple Music has been my main way of listening to music since about 2016
 
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Jeez I forgot about winamp. What was the saying? something about slapping a llama?

I used to buy a lot of FLAC/MP3s but I only really buy songs when I have the intention of DJing with them now - which is rare these days sadly.

Apple Music has been my main way of listening to music since about 2016
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whips the llama's ass :D

I'm still using the last build before the company was sold I think. It's just still a great program that does what I need it to do. I've looked at alternatives but nothing out there is really a big improvement imo.
 
Spotify, Soundcloud for mixes/DJ sets (and download them to an SD card for playing in the car), a bit of internet radio for dub techno/prog house mixes, Bandcamp for buying/discovering new music on CD/FLAC and Radio 6 when I'm at work.
 
I have actually given away, yes given away, over 3000 vinyl albums and over a 1000 vinyl singles and I never want to touch another one.
I also have no idea why people are now fawning over them because compared to uncompressed files with a DAP and expensive in ears the sound is impeccable, where I used to enjoy music I now experience it.

So in answer to your question:
The majority of the time I'm listening to 320 bit MP3s with my Sony Xperia 5II phone and Cambridge Melomania 1 in ears - the sound is awesome.
Now and then I'm listening to uncompressed files on a Cowon Plenue DAP with Fidue A83 in ears and the sound is out of this world.
 
Mostly youtube. Their recommendations have led me to some interesting stuff- like the night listening to Bulgarian folk music.

I sold most of my vinyl a couple of years ago. I kept a dozen or so "meaningful" albums, but the rest is gone.

I still have a few dozen cds, which get listened to in the car.
 
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I don't listen to much music anymore outside of car journeys, sadly. I have an A&K AK100 with various headphones, but when going for a casual walk/ride i'd rather just the silence/wildlife. Resale value is just too low to warrant selling.

I still have a CD collection as no point selling, i have the room, and it's a good failsafe. Those have been ripped with MPC being used to play, but i do like MusicBee.

I have a collection of DnB mp3s which i bought as i like to support artists, and wanted them for mixing but it never really happened. I only own a few vinyl there which have never been used since buying about 10yrs ago.

For car journeys i just have mixes i like i've d/l from forums etc. I use YT to find music i like and buy digital copies if i find something i like, but often just listen to so much variety and genres that i rarely purchase currently. I often make extra effort to get a CD instead of a digital as may as well keep the collection going.
 
Used to be massively into Hifi with £1000's spent but now I'm an "Mp3 and soundbar" type of guy. I love the idea of spotify etc but I've always had issues with the software. I can't remember the last time I bought an actual CD etc, everything is MP3 download/stream nowadays.

However I still a nice Minidisc collection and "collectors edition" CD stash somewhere in the Loft :D
 
Apple Music 90% of the time. I'll use YouTube on the computer at work as they often have certain things that aren't on AM and the suggestion algorithm for certain genres seems to be better, but it's mostly for convenience as I usually have long-form discussions or podcast episodes on and don't want to keep swapping my headphones from PC to phone.

I still have all my CDs in storage boxes in my cupboard and ALAC rips of them on an external HDD but if they disappeared one day I wouldn't even notice.
 
Music wise, I have a collection of CD’s what I accumulated over many years and still do. I do have them ripped them to mp3, what felt like marathon when I done it at first. I use mp3 on the move, in the car and on my phone. I use Spotify to listen to podcasts and to listen to a new bands before I buy any album.
 
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