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Poll Question: What type of set up do you use most often to listen to prog?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
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1 [3.45%]
3 [10.34%]
3 [10.34%]
12 [41.38%]
3 [10.34%]
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    Posted: April 15 2012 at 01:50
This poll is about what you use the most to listen to prog. 

I went with "Home Stereo".
I love to hear new things in the music on the home stereo that I missed in the car, due to road noise.

How about you?
Got a favorite type of equipment to listen on? Does it matter a great deal to you?
If it's worth playing, it's worth playing loud!
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I go to work by train so I spend at least 2 hours per day with headphones on. I have two mp3 readers in case one has the battery exhausted.
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Pink Triangle Anniverary turntable with an SME V arm and Lyra Lydian cartridge, Audiolab 100W pre and power amps and Mission 753 Freedom speakers. Headphones are Beyer Dynamic 550s and all albums are archived onto a Pioneer CTS9000 cassette deck using metal or top quality chrome tapes.
 
And no - I don't have a CD player (I use my computer with its terrible reproduction) because I much prefer analogue sound quality. Indeed, I've just bought a copy of The Snow Goose on pristine 180g vinyl, which has made my year. I also understand IQ are releasing Subterranea on vinyl which will be another of my favourite albums which I can listen to properly.
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Stereo with vinyls and on some occasions with an headphone while traveling.
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home stereo for me when listening prog.
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stereo with vinyls is the best. But i always use the mp3 player, with earphones
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All of the above except for the last option.  The computer takes the lead though in the quantity department/  I have a good surround sound setup in my music room where I can get loud and not bother my wife.
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Car stereo, mostly out of necessity.  I like privacy when I'm listening to music.  The home stereo has become more and more of a "special occasion" listen, unfortunately.

edit:  I get a lot of privacy at work too, luckily, since I have my own office.  But even then I can't play my iPod dock too loudly without being disruptive.  I can play it loud enough to hear what's going on, anyway.


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I went with large headphones but in reality it is a combination of home stereo/headphones/computer because it just depends on who else is home at the time and what time of day (I do a lot of listening at night).  Alas the hubs is not much of a prog fan (or a loud music fan)...

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Originally posted by Vibrationbaby

VINYL OF COURSE

Mine keep skipping when I go over a bump or have to brake suddenly. Angry


Edited by HolyMoly - April 15 2012 at 09:51
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For some reason I can't vote in this "poll"Confused

Anyways, I listen via a multitude of different ways: ear-buds, stereo(my preferred), another guy's car stereo, mp3, cds, computer with headphones and the odd vinyl experience. Stereo would get my vote though. 
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iPod and stereo system/ cd player.
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I listen to prog on methamphetamine.
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i live in a lof in a industrial building and i have my cabinet maquer shop 5 feets away so in my loof is computer amp and speakers +bose eadphone noise cancelling in my shop is the same computer amp speakers and mm550 sennyeser with bluetooth  transmiter from the computer just amazing and playing loud and clear
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Originally posted by colorofmoney91

I listen to prog on methamphetamine.


Me too - helps me blend in at the gym. Everybody's doing it, so why can't I listen to Amon Düül ll whilst benching?
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High end audio gear with 90% being VINYL OF COURSE

 
NAD C356BEE amp, Grant Fidelity TubeDAC11, Audio Technica LP120 w/AT440MLa, Epos Epic 2 speakers and ZuneHD 32GB for non vinyl listening.


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Originally posted by Guldbamsen

For some reason I can't vote in this "poll"Confused
I suspect someone moved it from somewhere where polls are allowed into Tech Talk, where they are not. Geek


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I'm not good enough to vote in your poll apparently but, most of my prog is on vinyl. That is largely because my mind could never justify the cost of buying a cd which contains music I already have on vinyl. So while 50% of my listening is done on the road, the prog is mostly played on my semi high end home stereo.

 Holy Moly,  tape some pennies on the stylus. Or if you live in a rural area you may have to use a stack of nickles.

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Originally posted by Guldbamsen

Originally posted by colorofmoney91

I listen to prog on methamphetamine.
Me too - helps me blend in at the gym. Everybody's doing it, so why can't I listen to Amon Düül ll whilst benching?

Do you guys actually mean what you are saying?

On the topic: earbuds & MP3, even though it did cost me some of the hearing ability in the past.
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