How do you listen to music?

[Spiritinthesky]

How do you listen to music? MP3 player, iPhone, Radio, vinyl?

If the 50’s and 60's were the era of the record, in the 70's we had tape, (lovely 8-tracks and cassettes!), and the Sony Walkman, then CD's in the 80’s and now MP3's.

This Day in Music is running a poll to find out how you listen to your music.

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[Clip]

Im a big vinyl fan still and still buy it.. But obviously on the move it has to be on me ipod..

 

[SS4]

I buy CDs for the ownership and to be able to rip them to whatever format I like.

Most often I listen to flac files on the computer and ogg vorbis using my Cowon

 

[WestCoast]

iPod mostly although I still have a walkman that can play CDs on the move. The problem with them is they pause when there is jolt (not so good for on-train use)

 

[Dai.]

TV, MP3.

bambambam. Although get bored of MP3 easily.

 

[90019]

When out in the car, I use the walkman on my phone using a tape with a jack on it. At home, I just use my laptop.

 

[Hydro]

How do you listen to music?

I normally use my ears, but I've recently taken the advice of my neighbours and taken to sticking my speakers up my arse. I can't understand why, if anything that's muffled the sound.

 

[Broken Viking]

My library's all digital now (Even with a relatively small ~350 albums, it's so much easier to store/manage it on a computer IMO) so all of my CDs have been ripped to MP3 and WMA formats* for use both outside and inside the home! hock:
* - I would be using FLAC or OGG where possible if music player producers would have the decency to support open formats in their firmware! :roll:

When out and about, I'll use either my 512MB Creative MuVo or my 2GB Sandisk Sansa (Depending on where I'm going, how much music I need, and whether there'll be a USB port at my destination to charge the Sansa on) and at home I just use an SD card mounted on my stereo. The latter case is especially useful given that the CD deck started wearing out two years ago, and trying to play MP3 CD collections on it has been a pain in the backside for a while now.

Granted, my choice is driven more by convenience and my limited living space (Most of my CDs are in a storage facility) but despite the reduction and limitations in audio quality at my standard 44.1kHz/128kbps, I find that MP3s work well enough for me. My other half - On the other hand - Wouldn't consider the idea because of the decrease in quality that would exist even if an obscene bitrate (48kHz/1024kbps anyone?) was used.

I suppose it all boils down to how ye enjoy thy music, and how much of an audiophile ye might be...

 

[deltic1989]

I normally use my ears, but I've recently taken the advice of my neighbours and taken to sticking my speakers up my arse. I can't understand why, if anything that's muffled the sound.

you fraggle you just made me lol, a lot when i had just taken a sip of tea, imagine the results

back OT though tends to be CDs at home, ive got a lovely hi-fi (no mr burgler your not having my adress) and in the car, teand to use my phone on train/bus/walk