Where do you obtain/procure your Digital Content? And why?

[Rockyhill]

Mostly stream these days. My CDP sits unused, looking at me with an expression that suggests “What am I, chopped liver?”

 

[SimplySound]

And if there are any admins floating around here, it says you can edit a poll, but you can't change any of the text in it. Man it's tough around here!

 

[SimplySound]

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Pirate Radio perhaps? Or the underground!

 

[Sliphorn]

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I’m a streamer. That’s it. Streamer not steamer. Qobuz or Amazon.
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[jayvis]

You guys are a pain in the ass! OK, you get to select 3 options, but no more than that!

I use all eight 12.5% of the time, but it's a good poll.

 

[jayvis]

Mostly stream these days. My CDP sits unused, looking at me with an expression that suggests “What am I, chopped liver?”

That's pretty much how it is with me too. Sometimes I feel guilty sitting there looking at my idle cd player.

 

[uofmtiger]

I have done 6 or so of them over the years, but mainly streaming these days, so only voted for that one.

 

[FauxHall]

I'm an owner.

That means I buy physical media or else I buy downloads to store on my two players and on my laptop hard drive.

Rent if you want, your choice.

 

[ToxicTele]

No stream. Spin only.

 

[goodmore]

I only stream. The price is right.

 

[Gigantic]

I subscribe to Apple Music for streaming. They also allow file downloads, but I generally don't do that. Main reasons are because I've been using iTunes since 1999 and my subscription allows me to upload all 6000 digitized albums in my collection and have them available to stream. I appreciate their hi-rez and lossless content, along with the fact that they're among the best for artist payouts, although they all can do better yet.

I also download files directly from band camp, and buy used CDs, but most of my purchases are vinyls.

 

[twiiii]

I buy 90% of my CD's and DVD's and Blue rays's pre-owned or at Wal mart or my local All Thats music store when prices are less that $10.00 new or more likely $5.00 new or pre-owned. Some times I buy 10 CD collections for $10,00 dollars, and 10 BLU-RAY collections for $20.00. IF I DON'T LIKE EVEN HALF OF THEM I figure $2 to $4 dollars each is still a great deal. Things I can't find for reasonable prices I then check other sites like Discogs or, E-bay, or Amazon, and then as a last resort iTunes. I have over 5000 CD's and DVD's and maybe 350 dubbed works from iTunes. Remember I back up everything I stream that I want to keep on CD. Other sources are Wind and Rhythm which is wind band music. WQXR- FM from New York City and my two local college FM stations that I stream. There is WFMT-FM the classical station from Chicago for Free to. I do pay for the Digital Concert Hall broadcasts from Berlin. That the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra. Love Petrenko and Sir Rattles conducting styles. Would love the join the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra too if they offered similar streaming. You get a month for free if you sign up for a yearly contract. I'm month to month so thats 18.95 a month. I do use a bit of processing as their Concert hall broadcasts are a bit to bright and the out door concerts need help, too. The broadcasts are so much better than DGG lp's and current CD's for sale. Sony has some offerings as does Denon that are much better of the Berlin Orchestra if you are interested. The European Orchestras lean more to older Romantic pieces and don't emphasize modern classical music compositions like our American Orchestras. Right now I am looking for a Collection of Lorin Maazel conducting the Cleveland Orchestra that won't break my budget for the month. I got the DGG collection of 39 CD's of him conducting the Berlin Philharmonic for $105.00. I think that was a great deal. Some times getting up a 4:00 Am to see a live broadcast from Berlin is a challenge. But I am retired so why not. My cat will be waking me up that early pretty soon anyways as sun rises earlier and earlier. Always one hour before sun rise is when her alarm clock goes off.

 

[jsisk]

I own thousands of vinyl records and CDs. I doubt I will live long enough to listen to them all again and I keep buying more. Over 100 are still new and waiting to be played for the first time. 1,000+ have not been played in over 30 years.

As I type this I am streaming Amazon Music Unlimited.

(forgot to add that I don't buy "virtual" or "digital" products)

 

[GChief]

Interesting how streaming from a service and used vinyls/CDs are neck and neck

 

[SWL3600]

Tidal at home. Spotify in the car. Spotify with Bluetooth headphones.

Cd player once in a blue moon. Ditched vinyl years ago.

 

[No Money]

Aside from spotify when I'm working in the studio I own/have paid for all the music I have (with the exception of a few cd's I found that were being thrown out). I'm involved very deeply in the art world and I know how hard it is for people to make a living from it. Basicly I don't steal music, I buy it.

 

[GChief]

Them or their people made an agreement to get their music on streaming services.

Yes I have good friends making a iving playing music and doing deals to get thier albums "released" on streaming services. No labels involved. If there is a label they are small. They tell me they are making money, need to go by what they tell me to form my opinion

They also have more people at their shows now and are typically moving up to larger venues.

Good things happen also!

 

[SimplySound]

Interesting how streaming from a service and used vinyls/CDs are neck and neck

Yeah, I was expecting a bigger contingent associated with streaming. Shows that folks still like to have the actual file/physical media. I'm definitely in that camp!

I'm surprised that there aren't more people interested in digital media (37 people voted?) or maybe they haven't seen the poll. So, we'll just call this post a 'bump'!

 

[GChief]

Yeah, I was expecting a bigger contingent associated with streaming. Shows that folks still like to have the actual file/physical media. I'm definitely in that camp!

I'm surprised that there aren't more people interested in digital media (37 people voted?) or maybe they haven't seen the poll. So, we'll just call this post a 'bump'!

We do both. Since our streaming front end has been up to the task for a few yrs now, streaming from a service is definitely getting way more play time compared to playing our physical media.

I see streaming has a slight lead now.

 

[DesertRatt]

I like physical media CDs and Tape. All my life I've preferred to be an "owner" and not a "renter."
However, I did subscribe to Spotify for one feature: I like to find covers of songs I enjoy, and for that, nothing compares to streaming. But, as a rule - I don't want any subscriptions to anything.