What is your primary music source?

What is your primary music source?

  • Vinyl

    Votes: 10 23.8%
  • CDs

    Votes: 10 23.8%
  • Streaming

    Votes: 16 38.1%
  • Tape

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • Cassette

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Radio

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • YouTube

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • Downloads

    Votes: 2 4.8%

  • Total voters
    42

XV-1

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For me it is vinyl.

Streaming is great for the car.

CD is DEAD
 
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Al M.

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Audire

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For me it is vinyl.

Streaming is great for the car.

CD is DEAD

Thank you for thinking CDs are DEAD. That leaves more for me. ;)
 

Al M.

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XV-1

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dcathro

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OH NO, not another format bashing thread.
 

tima

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Yep

Tim, are you a streamer now? ;)

heh. me? I just got a mobile phone. I have not tried this yet but i think my car let's me plug my phone into it so maybe i could play youtube videos?? It does take a memory card with music on it, but i don't think that is streaming.

Otherwise i continue living la vida vinyl.
 
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the sound of Tao

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OH NO, not another format bashing thread.
How else are we going to successfully kill this hobby if we don’t denigrate the crap out of each other :rolleyes: :eek:
 
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XV-1

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OH NO, not another format bashing thread.

How is this a format bashing thread?

For me cd is dead.

Or are cd fanbois so threatened any discussion is seen as cd bashing?. Sometimes you are what you think.
 

Johan K

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For me - nothing related to music is dead! As I love music so much, I listen to ANY format, ANY kind of system, high end, low end, analog or digital, mono, stereo or surround… it does not matter that much as long as the music is overwhelming… however.. and do not misunderstand me… I do PREFER a high end, high resolution system… But to me the music comes FIRST… If nothing high end is around, a small transistor Fm/Am radio will do more than good? :D !

/ Jk
 

Al M.

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How is this a format bashing thread?

For me cd is dead.

Or are cd fanbois so threatened any discussion is seen as cd bashing?. Sometimes you are what you think.

It's like saying vinyl is dead. Doesn't make any sense.
 

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How else are we going to successfully kill this hobby if we don’t denigrate the crap out of each other :rolleyes: :eek:

maybe that’s the hobby. who cracks the best insults. Yo System/audio logic is so bad…is the old age version of Yo mama jokes
 

XV-1

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It's like saying vinyl is dead. Doesn't make any sense.

For me cd is dead. For any digital music required, streaming is it for me.

I don't know any person under 30 that buys cd's. I know maybe a dozen that buy vinyl. Streaming is still the largest % of their music consumption thou.

For young people cd has zero tactile or physical beauty, unlike vinyl.

What will I last longer as a commercial format - cd or vinyl?
 
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Al M.

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For me cd is dead. For any digital music required, streaming is it for me.

I don't know any person under 30 that buys cd's. I know maybe a dozen that buy vinyl. Streaming is still the largest % of their music consumption thou.

For young people cd has zero tactile or physical beauty, unlike vinyl.

What will I last longer as a commercial format - cd or vinyl?

Great. The world revolves only around you. Fantastic.

I don't listen to vinyl at home. Do I say vinyl is dead? No.
 
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the sound of Tao

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maybe that’s the hobby. who cracks the best insults. Yo System/audio logic is so bad…is the old age version of Yo mama jokes
Audiophiles are pretty fierce but cellists are really savage… Yo Yo Ma ma is soooo ugly…
 
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