What is your main souce for listening to tunes?

Preferred source is vinyl
Main source is CD

Don't care for SACD, DVD-A or MP3

Every CD and LP I own is backed up in AAC format though

-Dave

I noticed that semantic difference... my poll was intended to be what is your MAIN source for tunes ;)

CK

Originally posted by Dave918
Preferred source is vinyl
Main source is CD

Don't care for SACD, DVD-A or MP3

Every CD and LP I own is backed up in AAC format though

-Dave

I couldn't agree more! And most all my LPs and CDs are also backed up on the lowly, antiquated audio cassette tape, courtesy of numerous Nakamichi decks!

As of late..it is my MP3 collection...

Unless...I'm doin some critical listening..then I break out the ole CDs and Vinyl!!......

CD. No contest. I take downloaded MP3's, convert them to .wav's and burn 'em to CD's. Then I delete the MP3's. (No, my ears CAN'T tell the difference; ear damage in my youth) Add to this all the CD's I've copied from public libraries and friends. Plus ripping LP's and cassette tracks to burn make CD the main source for me.

IMHO, CD blew away LP's and tape for good the day I first heard a CD in 1986.

EDIT: Bringing TT out of retirement for the LP's and 45's I can't get on CD and can't be bothered ripping.

Tom

Considering I've put almost 60000 miles on my Van in the last two years, it doesn't have a CD , so most of the time was with FM. At home it is usually FM becasue it's the easiet. CD when I want to listen to something particular and have a bit of time. The vinyl is usually for occcasions when I have more time and can keep an eye on the cats so they don't jump on the TT when it's playing. We have a good FM station here that plays everything EXCEPT top 40, lots of roots, blues, Jazz and worls music so the variety is good. It's also non-profit radio so there is less advertising than on top 40 stations.

I'll give CKUA a plug here too. It can be heard online at www.ckua.org

Ken

It has now been more than 20 years since I bought any vinyl. Though you didn't ask us to rank them, mine listening is mostly CD (90+ %), FM (maybe 7-8%), and the occasional piece of vinyl.

For critical listening vinyl first then CD but most of the day I have my cable box tuned to the Music Choice Jazz Channel. :smoke:

vinyl....and some Jazz CDs that are super well done!

Dolby or DBX 7.5 opeen reel

Preferred source is vinyl.Most often listen to FM since my job takes me on the road most of the time.I have an extensive vinyl collection and if I'm firing up the home stereo it's usually to play a record.Sometimes CDs for stuff I can't get on vinyl.Plus I have some vintage jukeboxes where I play all my 45s.So much easier than changing a record after only 2 or 3 minutes.

Right now, since I have recently bought a new(for me) turntable, it is vinyl.

Mainly FM since we are lucky enough to have a classical station that never heard of a compresor. In fact they recently started broadcasting in High Definition format, which sort of makes me chuckle since there isn't a receiver or speaker in the house that was built after 1980. Other than the clock radios and a Walkman, that is.

Rob

1st choice: I use FM a great deal here in the Lawrence KS-KC area with 2 good NPR stations and 2 free spirit independents. FM is good because I don't have to decide what to play or change anything.

2nd choice: CD's are great because they are durable and usually sound pretty good.

Last choice: Vinyl can be great under perfect circumstances, but I no longer have time to deal with it - done with the scratches, pops and fragile precious recordings. Some say that it doesn't have to be that way with the surface noise. I don't want to be bothered with it, nor do I want to invest a fortune in phono equipment. :no:

My main source is cd's. My prefered source, DTS recordings on dvd, which I only have a few.

This thread is not fair to the scarcer analogue formats, I think!
e.g. If an album I really wanted were available on REEL TAPE, VINYL, CD or hi-rez digital, I certainly woudn't want to get the CD version. Yet, it's often the only format music gets released on.
I plan on finding new reel tapes to copy my vinyl albums on aswell as my best cd's, this is for the future.
I've done countless recordings of live classical and jazz music, first using a mediocre converterr then using a professional ADAC by Apogee and while these recordings are worthwhile for archieving music, they sound artificial compared to what originally came trough the mic-pre. I compared countless times while recording the live concert, switching between a headphone jack before and after digital conversion and without headphone; live sound! (studio has an opening in the wall to the concert hall). Thanks to the soundfield microphone what comes trough the mic pre sounds so good, and I find it sad not to be able to capture that sound.

Another reason that I like FM is that I feel connected to the outside world. Maybe some deep seated need left over from the cold war years? Here in Kansas, they break in with storm alerts so my dumb cheap ass doesn't blow away.

i easily listen to fm for the majority of my critical listening. and no, it's not in the car - i hardly ever listen to radio in the car.

in the dc metro area, wpfw - 89.3 - plays a lot of jazz, latin, caribbean & african music, all of which i really like. and, the station has a strong signal & is relatively uncompressed. the sound is excellent. it is easy to tell when they're playing a cd or lp. ;)

i also don't mind the fact that wpfw is a pacifica radio station member, which means you get another slant on the news compared to what's awailable from the usual suspects.

their fund-drive starts next week - SEND MONEY!!! :naughty: unlike typical npr stations, for example, wpfw really *IS* noncommercial - they take *NO* corporate funds. check 'em out online:

http://wpfw.org/

doug s.

CD is definitely my main source at over 1300 now, but I still love to spin vinyl. I think I have around 300 or 400 LP's now. Reel to Reel is cool watching those big ole reels spinning slowly around. But CD's are convenient and some sound really good production wise. I just aquired a new stylus for one of my PL-88FS TT's (a rare moving coil type @ $78 shipped from the UK) so I am starting to spin more LP's again. The dynamics of LP's is what keeps me coming back for more. The only draw back is finding a really clean LP but yet it pops alot during play? :dunno:

I purposely waited two years before I jumped on the CD craze like everyone was doing. I thought the format would be around for a long time but wanted to see where it would go.

I never reveal my sources.

Vinyl, as i grow older i can tolerate the defects of cd less and less, I hear that technology is getting us closer to them reproducing digital better then today but till that time vinyl rules in this house.

Vinyl, as i grow older i can tolerate the defects of cd less and less, I hear that technology is getting us closer to them reproducing digital better then today but till that time vinyl rules in this house.
two suggestions for improving your digital playaback:
1-an outboard dac. while i really like my modded art di/o, you may wanna also investigate non-os dacs, like the scott nixon tube dac, audio mirror, & ack! while i, like you, believe vinyl rules, w/my di/o, i actually *enjoy* digital playback, now... ;)

2-get, at the wery least, a tube preamp, if not tubed amplification. (i know - it seems yure a died-in-the-wool vintage sansui guy...) the advantage of this change will be realized with *all* your sources, not yust cd. :)

doug s.

Vinyl, as i grow older i can tolerate the defects of cd less and less, I hear that technology is getting us closer to them reproducing digital better then today but till that time vinyl rules in this house.
rick, i found your amp - vintaged toobed sansui integrated! :D

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5819429794
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doug s.

rick, i found your amp - vintaged toobed sansui integrated! :D

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5819429794
http://i8.ebayimg.com/04/i/05/31/45/49_1.JPG

doug s.

Hey Doug, I have seen this unit and while i am interested in Sansui gear I think Im gonna wait for the next one to come up, the fellow says its been painted, why i ask??? in terms of your other suggestion it is one that i am slowly learning about, if you have any more thoughts i would love to hear them...... very very happy with the Sansui CA 3000, have had the Audio Research sp9 and 11, and nether did much for me, the Sansui is awesome, just need to work on my cd source, hence the interest in your suggestion of a tube dac..........

Neat to hear how many of us listen to FM! I thought I was the only one. I listen to KUVO, a Jazz station here in Denver a lot. It also is "HD FM" and I too laugh, but they really go out of their way to make it sound good. Lots of it still comes off vinyl.

Having lots of fun with my old Cassettes since I found some good decks though.

Take care,

Ed

Hey Doug, I have seen this unit and while i am interested in Sansui gear I think Im gonna wait for the next one to come up, the fellow says its been painted, why i ask??? in terms of your other suggestion it is one that i am slowly learning about, if you have any more thoughts i would love to hear them...... very very happy with the Sansui CA 3000, have had the Audio Research sp9 and 11, and nether did much for me, the Sansui is awesome, just need to work on my cd source, hence the interest in your suggestion of a tube dac..........
rick, that particular iteration is definitely rough. but, it's gettin bids - i can imagine how much a *nice* one will go for! ;) re: arc preamps, i never tried an sp11; i bought a used sp9 from a dealer years back, & it *sucked* - i returned it. even my cheap s/s adcom gfp-1a was better. so, i suggest trying something else w/tubes! personally, re: preamps, i am partial to melos.

re: dacs, it's not yust the tube dac ya should try. it's yust that ys should try a *good* dac. scott nixon also makes s/s dacs. from those that have compared, the audio mirror, scott nixon, and the ack! have a similar flavor, due to their non-oversampling topology - only the s/n is tubed. the modded art di/o is an oversampling dac. some folk prefer one type over the other - it's a taste thing. either way, i think it will provide a huge improvement, if you haven't tried a good dac - these are yust the good reasonably-priced ones! :) the non-os dacs seem to be a bit smoother, but at the expense of dynamics & extension. we're talking tiny differences here - i could be happy w/either one. for my tastes - even tho i am an analog guy, i still prefer the modded di/o over the audio mirror non-os dac that audio-mirror's owner vlad bezelkov was nice enuff to send me for a trial run...

some links:
http://scott-nixon.com/
http://audiomirror.com/
http://www.ack-industries.com/faq.html
http://www.boldercables.com/servlet/Detail?no=193
(bolder is a commercial di/o modder - there's info to diy if ya wanna...)

now, back to tuna! :D

Neat to hear how many of us listen to FM! I thought I was the only one. I listen to KUVO, a Jazz station here in Denver a lot. It also is "HD FM" and I too laugh, but they really go out of their way to make it sound good. Lots of it still comes off vinyl.
ed, check out this site, & their associated forum for hot tuna info:
http://fmtunerinfo.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fmtuners/

doug s.

Great info here Doug, thanks A mil, i will definately look into this, thanks!!!!

I think 85% of my listening is CD, I’ve done the MP3 but didn’t care for it.
No room in the rack/entertainment center for a turn table but I do miss the old “hiss” from vinyl.
Because we live 100+ miles from the nearest city our radio reception is poor at best and we rely on our satellite dish and their music channels which isn’t all that bad depending on the weather….
I do get the occasional “flash back” when I listen to the oldies stations.

I never reveal my sources.



:lmao: :lmao:

I play vinyl at the house about 85% of the time, because my records have the music I grew up with, and I have managed to acquire a fair number of jazz and classical LPs. Plus, people who don't know better give you LPs all the time. I love the sound of a really good, clean record. CDs are fine, but they have no soul. The best thing for the car, though.

It's pretty much a toss up between vinyl and CD.
I'll listen to a CD simply because I don't have it on vinyl.
But in the end, it's the music! :music:

Hail,
Compact Disc without question. Probably the main reason is that presently, CD has been so much lost and/or scarce music available. I have obtained so much great music on CD that I never would have found on any other medium. I love FM too, but GEE, it is real tough even with a sensitive tuner to find a diverse range of music.
Vito

I prefer MP3, but I prefer it because of convenience. FM sucks ass, and CD's.... I can't seem to keep track of them. :no:

vinyl best bang for buck cheapest good software around.
Enjoy F.

I was torn between vinyl and CD. MP3's suck as do all lossy compression schemes. I like LP's better but it's easier to purchase CD's :smoke:

I play home made CD's. Then I have my album collection on DCC. Saving my albums and DCC sounds very good. But on party nites when I have alot of request, I also have a PC hooked the stereo with 100 gigs of music on an external. I'm guessing around 30,000 songs

CD -- I listen to a lot of music, and most of it comes on CD.

I voted for tape but please understand that I am referring to RtoR tape, not cassettes. Next in line is vinyl, then FM.

Clyde