Preference for listening to music?

tube-type wrote: Dude...don't ever tell an electronics engineer his stuff isn't good enough...I've forgotten more of this stuff than you'll ever know...I'll put my power amp up against anything out there, and I built it myself...don't be an "equipment snob"

Nevertheless, there are people who can tell the difference between 320kbps .mp3 and CD (also 500kbps .ogg and CD) so somebody's got better equipment than you!

French gear!

Nice stuff, Oliver... But seriously unaffordable. Sadly, the majority of my music listening occurs at my work computer. Secondly, I have a RIO Forge for workouts and bicycling. Maybe a RIO Karma is on the horizon. My third option is my truck. A Chevy S-10 with a factory CD player. Eventually I will get something better, but it works. Lastly, a cheesy double disc player in my bedroom for ******* music. (That starts with an "L" you dirty minded bastids.)  I also use the surround sound systems in either my livingroom or my music room. The music room is a bit cramped and gets dreadfully hot in the summer.

 

To Dambo: all is not expensive,of course the very good devices are, but they give so much pleasure that it's worth the investment. This is something else than a computer...

Aida Loth-X

Not for little players...

But you are all forgetting that pinnacle of hi-fidelity sound design, that was......

AMSTRAD!



I wish I could afford one....

If you are losing quality with mp3, it is likely because you are ripping at a low bit-rate.  i rip most things at 192kbps, and I would probly use more if digital space allowed... I usually listen to mp3 for convenience and portability (that dang ipod will go anywhere!)  but I like to listen to whole albums at a time, and I rarely put it on shuffle because too much weird stuff shows up (Bela Fleck and Mr. Bungle don't go well back to back...).  However, theres just something unique about experiencing an album on vinyl that is distinctly different from digital formats.

I'm a lazy bastard.  I pay cds sometimes, but mostly play mp3s on winamp controled with the foxy tunes add-on to Mozilla Firefox.