How do you listen to your prog?
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Topic: How do you listen to your prog?
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Subject: How do you listen to your prog?
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 00:05
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Being the youngster I am, I'm digital here. With this said, I'm getting to a point where I want to buy vinyl releases of certain albums for the artwork alone.
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 00:10
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Vinyl, Cassette, Digital, CD, doesn't matter. Whatevers cheaper.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 00:10
Catcher10 would say: Vinyl 
I would say CD ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: zain8500
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 00:27
| I listen it from CD. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 00:28
| I don't have a turntable. CD and digital. Mostly digital. |
Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 00:49
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I purchase CDs and LPs, but primarily listen to it digitally because of the larger selection and the portability convenience. ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 02:24
Digitally....on my cellphone. 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 03:03
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Mostly digitally nowadays. Since my house had a makeover, I haven't found a proper place to install my CD player yet. ------------- 
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 05:12
| 95% of the time on vinyl |
Posted By: PrognosticMind
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 05:37
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These days it's mostly CD to digital. I'd like to own a turntable one day, though!
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 05:54
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mostly digital but I love CDs so much when I can get hold of them ------------- 
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 06:02
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Vinyl, unless it's not available in that format. Then CD, but never MP3 or any other digital format as I find the quality unlistenable. I've just bought a CD player (a Sugden) and it isn't bad at all. Just listened to Seasons End on 180g vinyl (and recorded it on cassette for archive purposes) and it gave me goosebumps, it sounded so good.
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 06:43
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With my ears! CD and digital. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005  |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 06:47
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I listen with my ears mostly too, but occasionally I use my gallbladder as that makes the experience even more proggy. -------------
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 07:20
| CDs only. |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 07:32
| CD mainly. Digital with headphones sometimes. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 07:33
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Lying down or just as happily whilst walking in nature (preferably woodlands though). ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 07:46
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Mostly digital, sometimes CD. I'm afraid of wearing out my beloved vinyl so they usually just sit on the shelves. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 08:04
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I don't even have a CD-player anymore but I got tons of CD's. Most of them ripped and shelved. I guess I listen to about 30% vinyl and 70% digital through the same HI-Fi*. Both sounding great to my ears. I just don't get how Flac (or 320bit)-rips can be virtually unlistenable for some if the CD's they are ripped from are supposedly OK. I certainly can't hear any difference and it doesn't seem that HI-Fi freaks can either when tested. Streaming-sites such as Spotify on the other hand sounds kind of crappy compared to the same music on physical format. *only digital through my Ipod classic when outside of course. Got a portable vinylplayer but only listen to jazz and oldies on 78rpm on it
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Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 08:18
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Puzzled on the difference between cd and digital. A cd is digital, is it not? Copy a cd onto any other media and it will sound exactly the same, providing of course you use a lossless encoder. 90% of listening time is done in my car on long commutes to work. For storage I use a 180Gb Ipod connected to a head unit via USB. This bypasses the Ipod’s internal DAC, consequently the original cd’s sound exactly the same as the Ipod.
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Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 08:34
FLAC employs a lossless data compression algorithm, when decompressed it is an exact copy of the original audio data. 320bit MP3 is a lossy data compression algorithm, when decompressed it is not an exact copy of the original audio data. However, I don’t think you will be able to hear a difference with 320. Lower bit rates there will be perceivable differences. I don’t like to support any MP3’s for my precious music strictly because they are a lossy format. |
Saperlipopette! wrote:Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 09:06
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^So we are pretty much in full agreement then? -------------
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 09:09
Digital about 60 per cent, CD about 39, and vinyl 1 
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 09:09
Me too.
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 09:16
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On a kerosene record player.
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 09:22
Lol---digital for music I like--digital and CD for music I love---I spring for both versions on artists I love.
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Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 09:33
Yes… FLAC definitely no difference. 320bit MP3 very unlikely there will be a perceivable difference. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 10:58
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I never listen to vinyl or CDs anymore. It all comes from my computer. I have it connected to my good speakers and it sounds great to me. I love the idea of a shuffle list that is thousands of tracks long You never know what will pop up next. :) Of course, I also listen to full albums depending on my mood but it all comes from the computer these days. ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 12:16
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These days digitally, but my preferred is vinyl. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 12:52
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About 90% of my listening time is with mp3s. I buy stuff on CD or vinyl, and convert it to mp3 for everyday use. When I have the time and inclination, I listen to the "good" copies on my stereo.
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Posted By: steve j
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 13:00
| Mainly digitally but love to listen on my hi-fi (cd) when the wife is not around. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 13:56
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its both digitally and sometimes on CD; i actually chose the latter so that it wouldn't feel as depressed as most people turn to iTunes and/or Spotify nowadays.
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Posted By: The Polite Force
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 15:05
| Vinyl with my modest setup. |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 15:15
| I download stuff to copy it on my last cassettes. |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 15:54
| CD, but I'm a vinyl nostalgic. |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 16:37
| Digital |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 18:33
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CD ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Prog 74
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 19:06
| CD's with headphones |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 21:31
| I'm not sure how to vote here. At my house, CD's most of the time. In my car, IPod most of the time... or wherever else I might travel that I might want to listen to some music on my own, IPod too. Whenever I might want to listen to some selection of songs instead of complete albums in my house, I might end up choosing the IPod or coomputer too. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 00:47
| any format, but I prefer for sure CD |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 02:31
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All of the above. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 03:03
Me too  I do prefer vinyl though, but I'd have to be somewhat sober in order to operate my turntable. If the state of drunkenness has reached karate-jello movements and strange dancing, then I prefer digital. Then it's only my computer/Ipod that gets trashed. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 04:58
| Mostly digital these days but I always buy vinyl and I love it. I got tired of buying and listening to CDs. The digital format is way better IMO |
Posted By: thwok
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 09:07
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I am a child of the 70's, but I listen to most of my music digitally. Financial considerations probably have a lot to do with it - I have a family to try to support. If I could afford to buy music in any format, I would definitely buy more CD's, if for no other reason than to better support bands that I love. However, I don't have a middle-aged person's nostalgic attachment to older formats. ------------- I am the funkiest man on the planet! |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 11:26
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On headphones. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 11:36
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Upside down surrounded by aardvarks. ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 18:00
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Cd's. Why be a tight ass when listening to quality music? It's so much better having the album cover, song list and something to read about the band. Not to mention good sound quality and no interferences ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 00:38
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Mostly CDs due to my age, but I still have some of my vinyl around that I listen to, and I have some digital versions as well. No option for cassette or 8-track? ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 15:49
CD.------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: ergaster
Date Posted: August 24 2014 at 07:45
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Digitally, but only because it tends to be the most convenient. Vinyl often when I am at home and able to just sit and listen. ------------- We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty. Captain Malcolm Reynolds Reality rules, Honor the truth Chemist99a R.I.P. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 24 2014 at 09:56
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Mostly cd but will play some old vinyl now and then.
What's digital..?
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: August 24 2014 at 10:24
ProgMetaller2112 would say CD...... I am 99.8% vinyl..  .1% = CD .1% = WMA lossless on my ZuneHD -------------   
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 26 2014 at 11:34
| On long walks (6 mile ones, to be exact) with the mp3 player on shuffle. |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: August 28 2014 at 23:41
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Digital mostly. I'd like to collect and listen to more vinyl, but I have no room, and digital is more convenient, portable, and easier to use headphones with. ------------- Z |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: August 28 2014 at 23:54
| Mostly cd. I can't stand the idea of listening to an "album" without having access to the physical product. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 29 2014 at 08:58
already answered this but also think CD's sound better which is why I buy the CD if the group or music is important to me---are there any geeks out there who think that CD sound is better than digital? Less truncated maybe?
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Posted By: DBJetsman
Date Posted: August 30 2014 at 19:24
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CD and from my iPhone ------------- "...we hope to give you something far more substantial and fulfilling. All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - Gentle Giant |