I am curious as to how you listen to music. Do you stream? If so, what services do you use? Are you still using physical media such as CDs or vinyl? Maybe you really go retro and play cassette or reel to reel. 

I am walking on both sides of the fence. I have a large CD collection (somewhere around 5000) yet I’ve digitized nearly my whole collection into both FLAC and MP3 and honestly that’s how I prefer to listen. I won’t get into the whole vinyl vs. CD discussion other then to say that I own no vinyl and I prefer to call them records. 

As for streaming services, at the moment I am subscribed to both Amazon and Apple. I have a little used Spotify account as well. Apple comes through my phone company and I use Amazon Prime quite frequently. For whatever reason Amazon has treated me to their HD package for three months. The problem is most of my streaming is done from the car and being locked down and working from home I don’t drive much right now. In fact my car got filled up two Fridays ago and there’s still over three quarters of a tank of gas. Another side effect of the lockdown is that broadband has went into the toilet.

Obviously the Beatles are my favorite band so let’s use them as an example. Ok, an extreme example.

If you look at the pictures in my profile you’ll see how much I really have. But honestly I don’t play them all that much.

But really I want to hear from other members.  Are you streaming and if so which platform ?Are you still using physical media? Are you like me and walking a tightrope between the two. 

I’ll never give up physical media entirely,  nor will I give ever quit streaming totally. I have to have the hard copy but I thrive on the convenience that streaming has given. However if I like something and purchasing a physical unit isn’t possible, I will purchase the download. The Beatles 1963 Bootleg collection from iTunes is a perfect example. 

So sound off and let us know your preference s

I run my laptop or phone through external speaker sources never through their internal speakers. We have a couple of old school component stereos, one in the basement and one in the living room. In the guest room / den where I’m currently working I have a sound bar. As for the phone I’m blue toothed out: portable speaker, Air pods and both vehicles are blue tooth ready.

Those rare occasions I do play CDs the blue rays work nicely but I’d like a better interface on the players themselves. 

Bongo said
Sold off my CD collection once I put everything in iTunes. Sounds great on the home stereo, in my truck & with headphones walking the dog.

I own the original UK Beatles records, but only play them for shits & giggles…

  

It puts joy into my heart to hear someone call them records

In the guest room/den, where I’m doing my work from home, I have about eighty CDs ready to be ripped, when I moved my work computer in there I lost the space where I did my ripping. I imagine I’ll have to move operations for that into the living room. 

As far as listening to physical product, the rest of the CDs are in the basement. As I said before I have my 00’s vintage stereo and also a 55″ flat screen down there so it’s set up like a man cave with a bar area included. I have multiple options for listening to CDs but I don’t do it much. Mostly I’ve listened to what hi-res DVD or Blu-rays I have.

Mo