How do you listen to your music?

Glen_Lee said:
I love Spotify. Stream a lot of music particularly in the car, and at work.

Recently bought my first ever turntable. An affordable Audio Technica LP60. I now have a very meager record collection.
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I am really surprised by how many people buy turntables again. We saw the CD as a revolution when it arrived!

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I'm using Roon to play my ripped CDs and Tidal on various systems around the house, and I really like it. Before that, it was all Squeezebox. I feel nostalgic about vinyl, but won't be going back.
 
Terabytes of music on hard drive streamed wireless to arcam r dac, roksan kandy amp
and tannoy revolution speakers mostly.
also have candy cd player and rega p3 record deck.
 
I have a playlist on youtube. I listen to my music on my headphones on mobile and/or headphones on a PC at work.
At home, my PC is connected to a TV so I play it from there without the headphones

I don't download or buy anything anymore
 


good looking setup
 
Usually through car speakers or my laptop (on way to work and at work respectively). Need better speakers for the former, need decent headphones for the latter.

Using Spotify Premium these days, quality changed to 'high' in settings as I'm usually in 4G zones or have access to Wifi. Quality is decent enough for me in both situations.
 
I've ripped my CDs to mp3 and now buy music digitally from Amazon (no DRM), although a couple of times it's been cheaper to buy the CD so I've done that and ripped it. My entire music collection lives on my NAS, with my most popular stuff on my laptop and phone. I tend to listen with headphones or my Bose Soundlink Mini, I keep toying with the idea of one of the bigger Bluetooth systems but the Mini is so small I can have it next to me wherever I am, so it doesn't need to be as loud.
 
Over the past couple years it's 99% CD. Which is criminal really with the record deck I own. I own a top spec'd LINN LP12 but I never use it. I'm thinking of selling it and buying a cheaper deck. I have over a thousand records so I still need a deck. I'll be having a demo of a few decks soon, including the Well Tempered Versalex, Roksan Xerxes 20+ and Rega RP10.

I've contemplated moving to Streaming but it just doesn't appeal to me. I still like the physical side of owning/buying music.
 
I just use Foobar2000 on the laptop and a pair of £30 headphones these days... Used to be into hifi something crazy with a never ending parade of new components, glad that nonsense is over.

Would like a Devialet Phantom one day though
 
Hehe everybody's different. The physical aspect of owning CD s I consider an abomination. Clacky same same plastic boxes that break, album art too small to appreciate, "forever" discs that scratch, they're a complete waste of space. Mine are all in shoeboxes under beds where they belong, never missed.

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Mine are in boxes in the loft where they are gradually being joined by my DVDs.
 
These days, it's mostly streaming through Spotify Premium. Which still vexes me a little considering the size of my vinyl & CD collection, and that a decent hi-fi setup has generally been a crucial constant in my life since teenage years.

At least it goes through a reasonable setup – Acoustic Energy AF109 floor standers fed by a Yamaha AX396 amp. This is the main family living room AV setup.

All my vinyl has been in storage for the past ten years and my CDs are accessible but rarely used. I've not owned a turntable or dedicated CD player since 2010.

Convenience, sadly, is king.
 
Analogue front End:
Linn LP12 with Syrinx PU3 arm and Koetsu Red Signature MC cartridge
feeding Cotter passive Head amp and Project active Valve MC head amp

Digital Front End:
Hi-res FLAC recordings via Foobar2000 using kernel streaming
Chord Mojo DAC

Common Amplification/Speakers:
Krell KAV-300 integrated amplifier
Acoustic Energy AE-1 monitors (original)
 
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