Poll - Vinyl, CD, Squeezebox/MP3, Radio?

[Richard]

Not a vote for which is best - but which you use most - just to see how popular the different sources are at the moment given a revival of vinyl and the changing faces of digital!

Please vote for which of the 4 sources you use most. Only one vote per member and it's secret

[Scottmoose]

Only problem with this is, I had to vote for one, while wishing I could use another as a primary source...

[Phil Y]

Hello Richard, just to be clear, you mean when one is sat down to relax in the evening when all the days "stuff" is done. For me this is vinyl but if you are asking which do i listen to for the greatest number of hours then it is easily radio. On a "walkman" at work, one and a half hours commuting a day, portable radio in the kitchen while cooking dinner etc, etc.

Sorry to be difficult, regards, Phil.

[Shane]

Me too. Squeezebox 90% of the time when the family's around, but vinyl when I'm really listening.

[Dave the bass]

Work, CD.

Home, Vinyl.

DTB

[Shian7]

CD...coz I've still not got round to buying a new TT

[Stratmangler]

I mostly play vinyl at home.

However most of my listening consists of car radio/CD, site radios, laptop, walkie talkies (built in fm radio) and mobile phones (built in fm radio) - generally quite lo-fi really.

Chris

[michael orme]

I play videos through my hifi, and when I watch tv the sound comes from my hifi too. I listen to a lot of cassette tapes. Tv and video gets used the most. Vinyl 2nd. Almost never listen to cd's, in fact I don't think I've used cd player this year!
Mike. Island Of Sodor.

[dub-revolution]

For me it is always vinyl first - it has more depth, engagement and vitality. CD's are a bit like pre-sliced bread - they offer convenience, and yes some material is quite well suited to them for example Brian Eno's 'ambient' recordings.
Cd's are great for background music when doing something else or burning in valves, but I prefer vinyl for 'focussed' listening; with cd's too much information goes missing taking the dynamic frequency range with it.

[lexi]

I think vinyl is like making tomato soup. Cd is like using the Heinz stuff. You`ll find the Heinz is as good as most home made without the ritual.

It is the ritual and the collecting that is the key. Recording techniqie and processes apart Cd is easily as good. Why are we spending fortunes on cartridge etc.? Leveling turntables made of Constrained Layer Damping and searching for mint vinyl. Paying through the nose for new vinyl when perfect S/H cds can be got for £2. This isn`t a rediscovery. We are standing still in Hi Fi due to nostalgia and choosing the sounds we like rather than for Hi Fi and closer to the master tape. Maybe that is the consequance of no real new advancements .........I don`t know.

CD collecrions and lovely CDP are worth nowt. Where is the collectors attraction in that? If the CD had come first and the values were the other way around ? I just pick up whatever I`m in the mood to play. Old Frank Sinatra on CD sounds better than my Lps.......perfect just the music

I have two lovely turnatable set ups and a decent vinyl collection though so I am gulilty as charged M`lud............Black Cds for me too mostly