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Poll Question: Which Format do you listen to most often?
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16 [25.40%]
13 [20.63%]
6 [9.52%]
0 [0.00%]
5 [7.94%]
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    Posted: June 08 2009 at 09:28
I am curiious to see how many people listen to the different formats.  
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Well, I buy them all in CDs, but aside from the car and taking them places, I rip them onto a central location in my PC. Then, I guess we're looking at 256 VBR AAC. Not quite MP3, but there's not a huge difference if we're talking basic formats.
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Vinyl, probably.
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MMMM nothing like a real CD. But as previously said nothing wrong with MP3's
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These days WMA because I listen to music on my computer all day at work and I have my entire collection ripped.  I still do CDs while commuting and when I want to sit down and listen to something with my undivided attention, it's got to be CD with headphones.

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These days WMA because I listen to music on my computer all day at work and I have my entire collection ripped.  I still do CDs while commuting and when I want to sit down and listen to something with my undivided attention, it's got to be CD with headphones.

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Is there an echo in here?
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Mostly OGG rips of CD
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Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Mostly OGG rips of CD

Ogg is the best compressed file type, IMO. I like to use ogg vorbis.
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^ Ogg is great, but it doesn't play in most MP3 Players. Therefore, I rip my CD collection to lossless files (FLAC) and two rounds of lossy files: high quality MP3 (V0, variable bitrate at around 245 kbps) for the computer and medium quality MP3 (V5, variable bitrate at around 130 kbps) for my portable MP3 Player.

I was only once tempted to buy a vinyl and I regret that decision.
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Any format with the proper quality.
 
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What? Nobody listens to reel to reel anymore?  Smile
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Is there an echo in here?

I've noticed that happen to me on occasion.  The post takes too long to go through so I keep clicking the post reply button. LOL
Usually I catch it and delete the repeat to make everything neat.
I wish I had a good dbx cassette deck.  I'm got some rare stuff recorded off the radio I can't play back anymore.
When did reel to reel fade away anyway?  That used to be the bomb for audiophiles.


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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Is there an echo in here?

I've noticed that happen to me on occasion.  The post takes too long to go through so I keep clicking the post reply button. LOL
Usually I catch it and delete the repeat to make everything neat.
I wish I had a good dbx cassette deck.  I'm got some rare stuff recorded off the radio I can't play back anymore.
When did reel to reel fade away anyway?  That used to be the bomb for audiophiles.


We got a place in St. Louis that sells turntable,decks and reel to reels(Record Exchange). I don't know of anyplace locally where you can still pick up reel tape though. I suppose if you got a reel to reel a search of the net would turn up someone that still sells tape.
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I read that blank VHS are about to go extinct.  Time for one of favorite cartoons whenever this subject comes up:

cartoon: comic about a museum of obsolete technology
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Most often? I think I listen to MP3 almost exclusively these days. All legal of course ... About 90% is my own CD collection ripped to MP3, the others are mostly from eMusic.com, but also from Amazon MP3 (they opened in Germany about two months ago).

I rarely ever listen to CD directly anymore ... but I still listen to vinyl, and DVD-Audio.
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Music ripped from my CDs, of course.
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I did a similar poll a little while back, and CD came out top on that. I listen almost exclusively to MP3 legal these days, with most of my CD collection ripped to the PC. That's why I only had 35 on the PA Top 100 thread in vinyl/CD - most of my collection now is downloaded.
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Points: 10964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2009 at 13:48
yea i rarely listen to cds directly, its all mp3 ripped from cds. i think 20% of my music collection is a mix of trades, D/L (legal and unregulated), and other various sources...
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