Do you download or stream music these days?

[desertrattm2r12]

I adore "Anton Webern's Greatest Hits." Only available on 45 RPM vinyl.

 

[jaomul]

The vinyl CD thing is almost an equal argument to film digital. By all accounts the vinyl contains all the sound recorded, but digital cds may lose a very tiny percentage due conversion to digital. There may be a difference in sound due production and indeed playing methods to the audiophile, but it is unlikely that this difference is due the small "loss" in conversion to digital as the amount is likely so small as to not be humanly possible to detect.

Mp3s however are a different story, and many who listen to classical or opera in particular would rather not listen than even consider mp3, as they are compressed big time

I have about 1000 cds but these days usually only have time to listen when I'm driving

 

[bc_steve]

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With all the options of streaming music these days like Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Prime, etc..how often do you download music? Or if at all?

I remember going to the mall and picking up a few cds and importing them as FLAC for the best quality and now the same store has a tiny section for cds and rest is filled up with blu-rays and dvds.

I personally have been finding my self just streaming music these days. When I'm editing photos I just listen to Pandora because I don't have to worry about song selection, I can just let it play. I use to subscribe to Pandora One so I can get no ads, additional skips and 192kbps vs 128kbps but honestly, Pandora ads rarely play and I don't skip often. There isn't a huge difference between 192 and 128kbps to notice that much. So I didn't renew it.

But I still have over 25,000 songs on my hard drive and I hardly play them anymore. But having higher quality music does make a difference to your music listening experience. I got my hands on a FLAC copy of a Metallica album that was recorded directly from vinyl and boy it sounds so amazing, with such rich and warm tones. If you have good quality speakers, you can really enjoy it.

Its really amazing the way we listen to music has changed so much these days.

I work in the bush. No wifi, usually no cell reception so it's nice to have files to listen to. At home though I stream a lot just because it's easier to listen to music I don't normally listen to. I'm sad Google is killing Songza because I listen to it often.