What are you listening to?

Fender said:
A bit heavier again. The first track is one of my recommendation for testing or parade subwoofers. Or your really big floorstanders. Some might loose the fight. But do not laugh (or do): My feeling is that in the stream it isn't as impressive as it is on the CD at this point. Bias only? I don't care.

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Haha, careful now, CD better than streaming?! You're veering awfully close to snake oil territory! 😱
 
Fender said:
I stand for it, die-hard! Streaming will remain always the last, but convenient for not so important music ;-)
Vinyl first, CD second and then streaming gets the bronze medal.
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I wouldn’t say you’re alone in that, but equally I’ve hear it said by a very good local hi-fi shop that for them it’s vinyl first; then CD with its on the fly! less than 100% error correction; followed by NAS with a 100% accurate file copy albeit still employing mechanical components like its spinning disc; and then mechanics-free bit perfect streaming. YMMV of course ;)
 
Fender said:
I stand for it, die-hard! Streaming will remain always the last, but convenient for not so important music ;-)
Vinyl first, CD second and then streaming gets the bronze medal.
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cd vs stream with plus in deezer flac ... cd too...
 
I used to think CD was the best medium (even above vinyl of course since j never grew up with that). But now since I've optimised my digital chain for low noise - I rank streaming above CD because of the convenience, and also CDs don't last forever - have you ever had one spontaneously peel on you?! 😅
I know, blasphemy and snake oil all around for me! Most people are vinyl purists. I'm actually gonna get into cassettes next. Got my eyes on an aiwa or something from the mid nineties. 😁
 
BowsAndArrows said:
... and also CDs don't last forever ...
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You certainly know that streaming doesn't last forever, too?

Not talking about streaming as a concept, of course. But your favourite streaming provider might actually go out of business (no matter, how big it once was). Your favourite artists music might disappear any time, even if your favourite streaming provider did not go out of business. I am absolutely convinced that this is a much higher risk than CDs rotting away (and my first CD player was the Philips CD101, not the CD 100, admittedly).

And now I will have a look at the LP collection my brother handed over to me on Friday.
 
harkpabst said:
You certainly know that streaming doesn't last forever, too?

Not talking about streaming as a concept, of course. But your favourite streaming provider might actually go out of business (no matter, how big it once was). Your favourite artists music might disappear any time, even if your favourite streaming provider did not go out of business. I am absolutely convinced that this is a much higher risk than CDs rotting away (and my first CD player was the Philips CD101, not the CD 100, admittedly).

And now I will have a look at the LP collection my brother handed over to me on Friday.
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yeh, but don't worry, if streaming fails then file sharing will come back 😈 I still have some old HDDs with 320 kbps mp3 files knocking around somewhere in my shed, haha.
Please @Fender don't say that!! 😱 I've already seen prices creeping up slowly and good models being snapped up quickly. 🏃‍♂️ I think an aiwa tape deck will be my next component purchase if I can ever convince my mind not to invest time and money in more snake oil 🐍
 
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