Question What Format ?

[Shrek]

1. Streaming
2. CD
3. Vinyl
4.Cassette
5.Mini disc
6. Other

 

[Cricketbat70]

Preferred probably CD. Most used streaming (work and bed, can't sleep without music playing) although I possess music on all formats but #6

 

[Jasonovich]

I prefer to download my music, play it via SSD or network it on NAS

 

[Integralista]

Simply love my Rega turntables and from time to time listen to CDs. And old Sansui FM tuner also on air occasionaly. Currently searching for a well maintained Akai 95 cassete player/recorder.🥰

 

[Cricketbat70]

Simply love my Rega turntables and from time to time listen to CDs. And old Sansui FM tuner also on air occasionaly. Currently searching for a well maintained Akai 95 cassete player/recorder.🥰

Akai GX95? Just googled them. They look nice.

 

[Cricketbat70]

I'll listen to my vinyl more when I finally get round to fixing a shelf to my wall. My Rega is currently on a hi-fi stand and springy wooden floors and turntables don't play well together.

 

[Cricketbat70]

I prefer to download my music, play it via SSD or network it on NAS

Another job I never seem to get round to completing. I have about half of my CD collection ripped to my NAS

 

[Steve983]

CD. No contest for sound quality.

 

[daytona600]

Format not important all depends on recording & Mastering

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

CD, but most background listening is streamed.

 

[R2D2]

Prefer streaming but for the best quality CD.

 

[Integralista]

I'll listen to my vinyl more when I finally get round to fixing a shelf to my wall. My Rega is currently on a hi-fi stand and springy wooden floors and turntables don't play well together.

Hi, yes shelf fixed to the wall is probably best solution for a turntable like Rega.

 

[Jasonovich]

CD better quality than streaming until you start downloading DSD >64 and you'll immediately realise you're drinking lovely frothy latte and not flat coffee! 🙂

 

[R2D2]

CD better quality than streaming until you start downloading DSD >64 and you'll immediately realise you're drinking lovely frothy latte and not flat coffee! 🙂

Hmm latte. 👍

 

[Shrek]

I use all formats when feeling lazy or looking for new music i stream serious listening i use CD orVinyl .
Interesting though that so far Streaming & CD have the same votes.

 

[R2D2]

I use all formats when feeling lazy or looking for new music i stream serious listening i use CD orVinyl .
Interesting though that so far Streaming & Vinyl have the same votes.

You mean streaming and CD?

 

[Shrek]

You mean streaming and CD?

no serious listening i use CD or Vinyl.

 

[Jasonovich]

I use all formats when feeling lazy or looking for new music i stream serious listening i use CD orVinyl .
Interesting though that so far Streaming & Vinyl have the same votes.

1. Streaming
2. CD

🙂

 

[Shrek]

Sorry yes vote wise Streaming & CD are equal .

 

[RTHerringbone]

It depends 😇

I've answered streaming as that's usually the fastest option, but fast isn't necessarily best. I'd say our listening at home is 60% streaming and 40% vinyl.

 

[DCarmi]

CD then Vinyl with Streaming way behind and mostly when on the go or in the car. Interestingly, I buy myself CDs but people prefer to give me Vinyl as presents, which is fine.

 

[michael hoy]

1. Streaming
2. CD
3. Vinyl
4.Cassette
5.Mini disc
6. Other

2. CD but rip to my NAS
6. Play rips from my NAS in FLAC

 

[RoA]

Usually streaming but I collect hard copies of music I regularly listen to and treasure on both CD and vinyl.

 

[Shrek]

Feeling lazy tonight so streaming HEOS. 😎

 

[matthewpianist]

I'm pretty format agnostic, as I've stated previously, but a range of considerations is shaping the future for my listening.

I have a very decent turntable (Rega P3 with Neo PSU and Ortofon 2mr Red), but I'm currently trialling being without it. It's safely tucked away in case I feel the urge to restore it to my system, but if I go for long enough without feeling that urge, I'm going to bail. I feel nostalgic about vinyl, and it can sound very good, but it comes with a constant temptation to tweak, ongoing wear and tear on both hardware and software, maintenance requirements, storage space, and particular positioning demands for the system. It also requires additional boxes or being restricted to an integrated amplifier with a good phono stage inbuilt, and then there's the prices and very patchy quality of both new and used vinyl. I grew up playing vinyl, but I was a teenager in the 90s and embraced CD wholeheartedly, amassing a huge collection over nearly 30 years. I've had quite a number of turntables of varying quality (inc. Thorens TD150MkII, Michell TecnoDec, Rega RP3, Technics SL1210 MkV, Project The Classic, AT LPW-50B...) but most of the time they have seen little use, except when I get a need for the dopamine hit it can bring. If I can leave vinyl behind once and for all, I can reduce the footprint of my system, have the quality where I most use it and just get on with enjoying the music. It's easy to get sucked into all the conversations and photos posted on Facebook groups and the like, but most of them don't represent reality for most people.

My biggest nostalgia is for CD, and it's by far the bulk of my physical music library. It's far more practical for classical music than vinyl, and it's most often as enjoyable for the other music I enjoy. I am now at the point at which I no longer have space to significantly grow my circa 4k-strong collection, but that's more music than I'll ever get through again.

Then there's streaming. I work for a company which runs a dedicated classical and jazz streaming service, and that's integrated with the Eversolo DMP-A6gen2 that I use, and I use Qobuz Studio for everything else. I discover a lot of music this way, and plan to start buying downloads of the albums I most enjoy, which I can then store on the 2TB card I have installed in the streamer. The display on the Eversolo is excellent, and helps to make the whole thing an experience in its own way.