Back when I had no choice, vinyl and tape. Vinyl takes up a lot of space, sensitive to temperature, static and high maintenance. Tape dries out, sensitive to magnetics, temperature, and high maintenance. CDs, and MDs use less physical storage space, protected in their storage cases and are more forgiving to light scratches. (at least on CDs) I prefer the dynamics of digital sound and low maintenance. Today there are more choices. With flac and other lossless media. it can now be stored with the advent of cheaper high capacity drives and Blue Ray without busting your budget.