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Re: How do you listen to your music?

profiler54 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:31:21 GMT

Author: profiler54

Posted: 04/18/2012 22:31

Happy to hear people enjoying their music ...by whatever means... Glad to see there are some out there with a vinyl fetish. By the way April 21 is Record Store day.. I'll be out at my local shop to pick up some exclusive releases..

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach

Re: How do you listen to your music?

cannychub1 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:06:37 GMT

Author: cannychub1

Posted: 04/18/2012 18:06

I use my PC as it's the only player i have. When I'm out and cycling i use my phone and buds, as long as i can listen to my music I'm a happy bunny.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

Bach — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:30:48 GMT

Author: Bach

Posted: 04/18/2012 17:30

At home through my PC.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

Detroit Rock Citizen — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:25:38 GMT

Author: Detroit Rock Citizen

Posted: 04/18/2012 17:25

with my ears .... 😁

Re: How do you listen to your music?

paladisiac — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:26:45 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 04/18/2012 16:26

At work, i use Koss PortaPro headphones -- they're pretty good for the price and come with a lifetime warranty. I'm a programmer-type so i can pretty much listen as i work most of the day.

At home i a pretty fine set of computer speakers with my PC. Don't remember the brand offhand. If i'm somewhere away from my office, then i bring i touch & portable speakers with.

I listen almost exclusively to MP3s. Once in a long while i'll put on a CD, usually if i pick up something on the release date and can't wait to hear it.

I usually record MP3s at HI-VBR minimum 192 kbps. i don't accept anything less than that.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

Captain_Dude — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:22:22 GMT

Author: Captain_Dude

Posted: 04/18/2012 16:22

I, like many others on here, enjoy music the most when it's played on a vintage hi-fi system. I like my vinyl! I like to play my music at a higher volume, too. Not "loud"...just a smidge above the norm so that I can hear all of those little things that go unnoticed at lower volumes.

I also enjoy listening to CDs in the car...especially on long trips. I listen to CDs every morning on my commute to work. Every morning, I randomly choose a CD to listen to on the way to work.

Listening to music through a good set of headphones (none of that earbud crap) in a darkened room is also a favorite way to listen to music. This is especially good for albums with a lot of atmosphere or "headroom" as my friends and I call it.

I try to avoid music through MP3 players, phones, and computers. I dunno...there's just something very cold about music that's played through those sources.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

Applerill — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:55:11 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 04/18/2012 15:55

I like practicing "hi-fi abstinence". If I listen to most of my music in 256kbps AAC on my simple iMac speakers, then I'll enjoy the uncompressed stuff on my Sennheisser cans and Klipsch speakers so much more when I get the chance.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

pearljammer13 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:11:58 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 04/18/2012 13:11

Blast cds in the car, and listen to cds at home over a relatively nice stereo. Itunes and ipod also. I have a record player but tend not to use it too much because it's not very nice. But my favorite way to listen to music is through headphones in a dark room with nothing else going on. That's when you really get the full effect of music. No distractions whatsoever.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

HigherThanTheSun — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:44:07 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 04/18/2012 12:44

At home through my PC to my massive speakers, in my car through the AUX from my ipod, walking or cycling it's from the ipod.

I'm listening to music roughly half the time I'm awake depending on what I'm doing.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

RoundTheBend — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:27:58 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 04/18/2012 02:27

Amazed with quality from google music on my phone to aux in car. Spotify ain't too shabby either.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

BlueNote — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:25:27 GMT

Author: BlueNote

Posted: 04/18/2012 02:25

Welcome.

At home, I listen to vinyl on a Rega RP-1 (with a Groove Tracer platter (more on that if you interested, but I assume most aren't) and a Ortofon 2M Red). For CDs/SACDs, I have a Marantz SA8004. Speakers are Maggie 1.7s plus a REL T2. The amp is an Anthem 225 Integrated. I'm happy with it, especially after adding the T2.

On the go, I use my iPod with Etymotic hf2 jam-in-your-ear earphones.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

junodog4 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:14:28 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 04/18/2012 02:14

Driving my car... by myself.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

40footwolf — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:01:08 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 04/18/2012 02:01

profiler54 wrote:

I am new to this forum and website. Music is an important part of my life. I am curious how most of the enthusiastic music lovers that take the time to post on this website.

Under what conditions do they listen to their music? My preferred situation is at home playing vinyl from my vintage hi-fi ...a custom Thorens TD-126 turntable with a Rega arm and a Shelter Cartridge. Nothing compares to it. I have CDs, an Ipod and shit loads of music files on my Mac so I can be mobile.. But it's an inferior substitute. Like the difference between streaming video from Utube your mobile device vs going to a Movie theatre abd seeing something on the big screen..

I suppose then that it will distress you to learn that I listen to most of my music on my iPod and am in fact listening to a 128kbps MP3 version of an album right this very minute and have no real desire to upgrade its sound.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

Hermes_requite — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:51:51 GMT

Author: Hermes_requite

Posted: 04/18/2012 01:51

Jokes aside My preferred situation is at home playing vinyl from my vintage hi-fi as well profiler54. At night with only candles eluminating the room. 😁

Re: How do you listen to your music?

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:35:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/18/2012 01:35

Walking around with headphones/earphones. Has to be at night since nlow visibility means my imagination can run rampant hand in hand with the music. Raining is sometimes optimal.

Otherwise I used to listen to music a lot whilst gaming but as I don't have my Xbox or computer anymore, that no longer happens.

Re: How do you listen to your music?

RoundTheBend — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:29:12 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 04/18/2012 01:29

profiler54 - Welcome!!!

Running FLAC and ALAC off my computer vs my vinyl does have a different feel, but I often don't care that much about the difference. Sure, watching a film at a movie theater vs an average home theater system (say a 60" and THX sorround sound) shows a difference, but am I really going to care about it while I am enjoying a movie? No.

Similarly, I enjoy both somewhat equally. My favorite way to listen to music is loud, in a dim room, relaxed, with no interuptions. I try to listen to an album a day that way.

Next favorite is in the car- most preferably on a road trip, but around town is alright as well.

Then while being online and/or cleaning.

Now when I upgrade to these http://audioengineusa.com/Store/Audioengine-5-Plus I will have to compare my FLAC to my records to see what I like best.

Happy listening!

Re: How do you listen to your music?

Hermes_requite — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:27:26 GMT

Author: Hermes_requite

Posted: 04/18/2012 01:27

I take acid and taste the music while injecting metal into my veins. You probably already guessed that if you took a look at my eyes.

How do you listen to your music?

profiler54 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:58:55 GMT

Author: profiler54

Posted: 04/17/2012 23:58

I am new to this forum and website. Music is an important part of my life. I am curious how most of the enthusiastic music lovers that take the time to post on this website.

Under what conditions do they listen to their music? My preferred situation is at home playing vinyl from my vintage hi-fi ...a custom Thorens TD-126 turntable with a Rega arm and a Shelter Cartridge. Nothing compares to it. I have CDs, an Ipod and shit loads of music files on my Mac so I can be mobile.. But it's an inferior substitute. Like the difference between streaming video from Utube your mobile device vs going to a Movie theatre abd seeing something on the big screen..