What do you listen to?

[Good4it]

Streaming music or DVD or Records or ??? What other types are there?

What pluses or minus does each have? Where can the different types be found?

 

[KenM10759]

Shifting from CD's to streaming Tidal Hi-Fi and my own library through my Bluesound Vault, though recently added a better turntable and bought some new vinyl. A little bit of BluRay if they're music oriented, such as Eric Clapton's Crossroads.

Found everywhere. Tidal Hi-Fi is obviously on the internet, DVD's and LP's at my two side-by-side local record stores. Occasional backup of a CD bought through Amazon if the locals don't have it, and recently some 24/96 files downloaded direct from the record label's website for artists newest releases not on Tidal Hi-Fi.

There are some SACD's and DVD-A's in the bins at the local stores too. I snag those if I find one I might like.

 

[DD66000]

I mostly use my MBP for source via Oppo DAC.
Marantz TT and will be adding Oppo 105D for my SACD/DVD-A collection.

 

[TheWarrior]

CD with DVD/BD for concerts.

 

[lovinthehd]

The whole gamut, its all out there. Still have my LP collection (and even some 45s) and my trusty 30+ year old turntable, play those occasionally but more about old records I didn't buy digital versions of, or just for nostalgia but not really for audio qualities particularly (it's kind of a pain and a heavy load if you move!).

I have a sizeable CD collection and still use the discs but the disc use for playback is declining, but still buy 'em if I really like something more than buy digital copies only. I rip all my CDs to FLAC for archiving mostly but also for streaming as well as having a good start for an mp3 or aac file I might want to create for a portable device. I stream from various devices over my home network to my receivers/blu-ray players, managing that with my android phone.

I also have multi-ch dvd and bluray music discs.

Oh and regular listener of Pandora and more recently Spotify.

 

[sterling shoote]

I have become conditioned to play music from computer using iTunes. I purchase most music today from iTunes and HDTracks, downloading onto iTunes. I have digitized my LP's placing them and CD rips into iTunes. The only exception is I sometimes use my DAT recorders to record music from YouTube, which is not available for purchase from online retailers. This is house/dance remix stuff, for the most part.

 

[little wing]

Pandora streamed to my Oppo 105. I ripped my CDs to my computer's hard drive (loseless) and I stream wired to the player. The plus side of this is that I can scroll through my whole collection and play what I want without leaving the couch, and looking for the CD I want to hear. Sometimes I do still put a CD in the player though. I have an Onkyo cassette deck that gets very occasional use. I have records, 45's and albums but I need to invest in a turntable to listen to those.