records,because I like them
That sounds good Hawk. What DAC etc do you use to get it to your amp?As far as what I listen to most:
1) 70% digital, streamed via Spotify or Youtube - while at work. Sounds plenty good to me when run through a decent DAC and system! Sometimes I want to play just a song or two here and there from various artists, or just turn on a playlist, and digital gets it done and sounds good.
2) 15% vinyl - if I have the time, this is actually usually my preferred method of listening, espeically when I want to hear an entire album. Can't beat vinyl for the entire "experience"...looking at the album artwork, reading liner notes, watching it spin...adds another level to the experience.
3) 7.5% - tube tuner, for listening to NPR talk radio or the occasional late-night listening session (Rust on the Dial, World Cafe, Cosmic American music show on WNCW, etc). I wish I used it more, it sounds so damn good!
4) 7.5% CD's - mostly in the car. At home, I usually stream unless what I want to hear is not availble (not often).
That sounds good Hawk. What DAC etc do you use to get it to your amp?
1st choice: Digital music stored on hard drive. Why? Convenience. It's just too dang easy.
2nd choice: CD
3rd choice: None. I'm not getting into vinyl no way, no how.
I like CD, think I always will. Streaming is a-ok too, but I do like "playing an album".
I can really get with what you're saying. There doesn't seem to be much room for choice. I mean I'm a physical format kind of guy, it's part of the pleasure I get from stereo play -- flipping through a library of software in a case, on a wall or (in the case of smaller SD ROM) in a box. That artwork would be small! (Haha.)Me too. But for digital audio I'd prefer to completely get rid of (electro-)mechanical drives sooner or later in favour of some sort of solid-state memory. Hence my comment above that I'd nowadays really like to be able to buy albums on microSD-compatible ROM cards - of course non-copy-protected, so that the honest buyer has a chance to make as many working copies or back-ups (be that on regular flash cards, USB sticks, CD-Rs or whatever...) as he needs or would like to make.
I just fear the music industry doesn't care about what I'd like to buy... *sigh*
Greetings from Munich!
Manfred / lini