CD but tuner is a close second. I used my seperate DVD so little that I sold both my CD and DVD and bought a single carosel DVD and use it for both now. Bought a new Cassette player about four years ago and have totalled about two hours on it so far. |
Definitely the cd player, Phx AZ has the worst radio stations, lousy music and too many commercials. I used my tuner quite a bit in the past but not hardly at all these days. |
Ear plugs to keep my wife from yelling at me to turn it down |
A Scully 270 playback reel modified by Tube Research Labs, playing back various master dubs and production master reels. Turntable close second. |
50/50, cd and tt. Cds for all the music I don't have on 78s - as you can imagine, that's alot of music!
chas |
I'm listening to Satellte music stations. Got a coax out/ not bad at all/as it "kills" my fm "tuna" |
cd's, followed by sat dish for general musak! |
Hate to admit it, but CD/SACD/DAD probably leads the pack by a narrow margin, followed very closely by my turntable and my tuner. It is more convenient than records, that's the main reason. But if I start listening to vinyl, I generally won't listen to CD during that listening session; can't make the reverse claim. |
Good question - I use the tuner most followed by the CD and TT. While things are warming up I just listen to the tuner and a few Golden Oldies. Sometimes I'll forget what I was going to play, as things warm up the sound becomes very nice. |
turntable maybe 85%
cdp 10%
tuner makes up the rest
Best,
Ken |
my tuner is a great source when i just want music in the backround so it gets the most use plus NY has good radio stations |
Turntable. CD mostly used for music I do not own on LP, to warm up the amps and for whenever I feel too lazy too get up and flip LP's |
i'd say that 75% of my waking hours are spent listening to the voices inside my head. the other 25% is devoted to cd's, at least 'til i get my analouge system up and running again. C'MON, THAT'S A LIE. NO IT ISN'T, DON'T LISTEN TO HER. SHUTUP, BUSTER YO..... whew! got the cd into the transport just in time. |
CDs w/speakers 90% of the time, and 10% w/ Sennheiser 600 headphones plugged into SF Line 2 pre-amp-- hope listening to CDs doesn't do to me what it seems to have done to Cornfed though:>). Cheers. Craig. |
CD (Including SACD) at home, about 80%; MD recordings of CD when away from home 10%; CD in car about 5%; Radio in Car about 5%.
Without MD, my life would be miserable. |
Turntable 90 percent of the time, CD or SACD 10 percent. I do not own a tuner, listen to music from the DSS system very rarely. |
CD: 50%; LP: 25%; FM: 25%.
Of course, if more titles were available on vinyl, that percentage would be higher. |
Only CD's right now, working on a little vinyl. |
CDs 50%; FM 50% (Boston has GREAT radio...several high power stations with lots of jazz/classical, minimal or no compression or EQ.) |
depends on what kinda listening - serious listening: 50% winyl, 25% cd, 25% tuna. casual listening: 60% tuna, 30% cd, 10% winyl. +/- 25% of course... ;~) doug s. |
Compact Disc, A 100 percent of the time. Can't aford anymore formats. |
Vinyl over 90%, the rest CD. Classical hardly ever on CD, except, when something really striking comes out, like Abado's rendering of the Beethoven symphonies with the Berlin Philharmonic. |
Isolated down to 100% vinyl. I know record player steps are a rictual or mantra and an important part of the home listening musical experience for me. Something about that TT- Arm and cartridge that fansinates me. Love it when friends bring over a favorite CD, then I plug in the CD plyer into the system. I usually really enjoy the music they have brought, this happens a lot, but I never seem to do CD thing on my own. If I buy that CD it goes into the car or bedroom system for good music - background stuff. Don't mean this to sound snobish at all (please no vinyl/CD flames) but just stating what my source is. |
Vinyl 90% CD 10% I wish I had a tuner to be able to check out new music. |
david, if it's gnu-music ya wanna hear, i tink yule be quite disappointed w/the sound of radio - most pop-stations are *wery* compressed; something like a dbx 3bx is *mandatory* w/these stations. and, it's not yust the stations, it's the way the pop-stuff is recorded. i was tickled to be able to find santana's latest *supernatural* on winyl, cuz i'd heard how awful it was mixed on cd - well, the winyl ain't nuttin' to write home about either! it *does* sound quite excellent when run thru the dbx, tho... doug s. |
Right now, 100% vinyl, at least until I can find a CD player I can live with for minimal scratch.... |
hey, musikdok, w/that melos preamp ya got now, i tink yule be quite surprised-n-pleased how decent a cheep cd-player will sound now - my $500 (retail) nad cd-changer gives up nuttin' to cd-players up to $3k retail (at least), when run thru my melos music-director pre. not that $3k cd-players are anything to write home about, when compared to winyl... ;~) regards, doug |
Strictly CD here. Analog beckons, but after having had three vinyl collections stolen over the years I decided to not go through that grief again. Funny that losing my CDs wouldn't be nearly as traumatic! |
Brian, I'm with you: It's the TUNA. Just traded my FT-1A for Magnum Dynalabs MD 108. Can't get enough. The CONSTANT introduction of new music into my home is worth twice the price. |
It's been 11 months since this thread was introduced, times and styles change with time, who has changed?
I have made A LOT of changes over the past year and I do play more CD's now that a year ago, BUT, I still use the tuner the most, although I am now using a Yamaha T-2 tuner. |
My ratio has changed a bit since I was given a very nice sounding tuner by an audio nerd type dude.:) Its a Adcom GFT 1A.
I also finally bought a decent CDP.The original Rega Planet.
So now its approx.50% vinyl,30% FM, 20% CD
It was 90% vinyl, 10% CD |
i'm listening to cd a bit more, now that i have my modded art di/o...
doug s. |
CD first
SACD second
Vinyl third |
Tuner first, CD/SACD second. Just getting my turntable set up. Since I got my MR71 overhauled I am spending alot of time with the headphones and the all night jazz station in the wee hours. |
(1) autoharp;
(2) hurdy-gurdy;
(3) player piano.
-cfb |
Turntable 90% of the time; tuner and CD for balance. |
Wife, 15 yr old daughter, TV (gotta be honest),62 year old Steinway B, tuner, then by beloved CDP. Sometimes I wish the order would flip...! |
CDP-64%,tuner-30%,TV-06%.more or less an accurate representation for me. many find it 'odd' that someone my age (24) can 'only' watch about 2 hours of TV, a week. I tell you, it's pretty easy when you don't have cableTV, nor sat. It's not like there's really anything on. And besides, I only have a 13inch TV (looks kind of sad next to my stereo, actually!)
I don't have a vinyl source, so that counts me out for that. Though I might like to try that someday, especially if we get slapped with more 'playback-restricted' CD titles.
Oh, and the 'tuner' numbers are a little inflated as I'm ALSO counting the time I use the radio in my car. Though I do listen to some college radio while at home. I usually catch the late night heavy metal shows. That allows me to expose myself to hopefully music I have not heard yet. (I'm big into heavy metal and classical).
So without counting the car, it's: CDP-80%,tuner-12%,TV-08%. |
CDP-85%,TUNER 5%,TV 5%,DVD5% |
I used to mostly listen to my old Dynalab tuner. Recently I upgraded to their best offerng & I still mostly listen to my tuner! |
well,my most used source has change again!
I bought a MINT Mcintosh MR-74 tuner and can't listen to it enough!
I sold my Rega P-25 and Grado Platinum.The LP's are in storage.I decided to dump the analog front end while I could still get a decent price.I bought both new and sold for $50 less than I paid.A good deal if you ask me.
now I want to build an analog front end again but Im raising the bar a bit and going used.Maybe a Sota Sapphire/rega rb-250 highly modified.still undecided about a new cartridge. |
CD 100% of the time. It's my only source. |
Compact Disc Player (which is a Pioneer Elite DV-37) -- 75%.
FM Tuner (which is a Magnum Dynalab FT-101) -- 25%.
And I am putting together an analog/vinyl playback system right now. When I finally get me a phono stage in about a month-and-a-half or so, then that's going to get some significant use as well. I see that being about 50% at the very least. Which after that, CD will drop significantly (to about 25% to 30%), and the tuner will remain the same (approximately 25% to 30% as well).
In my home theater, the TV itself is used 70% of the time, and then after that, my DVD Player is used the other 30%.
And finally in my car (in which I have a stock Honda AM/FM Stereo/CD Player front-end, but is combined with three Precision Fidelity Power Amplifiers (one is bridged for a subwoofer), as well as an upgraded aftermarket Speaker System/Subwoofer setup)), I listen to CD 85% of the time, and to FM Stereo the other 15%.
--Charles-- |
CD's about 95%. Occasionally use tuner - we have a great PBS jazz/blues station, KPLU. I like exposure to new music on other stations, but can't take the commercials. Still, mostly listen to CD's. |
Since I offed the CD player, TT 100%. No CD, no FM, no Tape. Strictly vinyl. Couldn't be happier. |
CD player ~99%
Cassette deck, FM tuner, and old Bang & Olufsen turntable ~1% |
Turntable. I have about 2000 vinyl records and only 500 CD's. |
Turntable 95% of the my time, wife uses tuner 100% of the time. I am thinking of selling the scd-1 for a better cartridge, thats how bad the analog bug has bit me. |
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my nat 01 naim tuner.super radio in chicago. |
