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Post by majestic on Oct 4, 2024 11:17:27 GMT -5
Most of probably stream our music but some of us listened to our music in older formats. How many did you use? For me I used all of the above. Vinyl albums at home which I still listen to at home. 8 tracks for about a year in my car before I switched to cassettes. Then CDs took over and I still have some that I listen to in my truck. Mostly stuff that isn't available on the radio or thru streaming.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2024 11:23:36 GMT -5
Vinyl when I was really young, then cassettes and CD's as I got older.
I was aware of 8 tracks early on though because my parents' stereo had an 8 track player built in even though they only used it for vinyl. By the time I started driving, cassette players were the norm for cars.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Oct 4, 2024 11:24:42 GMT -5
All of the listed formats, plus reel to reel tapes. My dad had a reel to reel player and several reels of music from the 50s-very early 70s on them, plus some Christmas music (as well as homemade tapes of things like me talking when I was just learning how to talk).
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 4, 2024 11:26:09 GMT -5
I've used all of them at one point or another. My parents had a decent size record collection which I listened to and that I took when my Dad passed. I do have a old console player in my living room that my son and I got working, but I seldom use it...it's more of a conversation piece.
I never actually bought an 8-track, but my brothers had some which we would listen too, mostly when we were playing pool.
I had a pretty extensive collection of cassettes and then CDs during those eras. I probably still have most of them in storage. I haven't had anything that would actually play either in eons.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 4, 2024 11:28:23 GMT -5
All of the listed formats, plus reel to reel tapes. My dad had a reel to reel player and several reels of music form the 50s-very early 70s on them, plus some Christmas music (as well as homemade tapes of things like me talking when I was just learning how to talk). -M My maternal Grandfather had a reel-to-reel player. He mostly used it to record sermons and what not. I think he may have had some classical or gospel music reels, but I don't remember if that's the case or not. Music wasn't a big thing for either set of Grandparents that I remember. |
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Post by Doghouse Reilly on Oct 4, 2024 14:03:10 GMT -5
I never had 8-tracks. I started out buying cassettes, then switched to vinyl, and then bought everything again in CDs when that format came around. I probably had copies in all three formats for more than 80% of the albums I've owned over the years. I've ditched the last of my physical media a while ago. I do like vinyl, but realistically, I was never bringing out the records to listen to. The records were just taking up space. I did hold onto a bunch of picture discs, though.
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 4, 2024 14:06:15 GMT -5
Was using cassettes up until 2008 when I got me a hand me down Sansa. Then when I got my current job at goodwill, I started actively collecting for my old Tiger R2D2 Data Droid (and when that bit the dust, got me a Sony CFD-E75). If anything, I enjoy the mechanics of the player and how it'll stop on a dime. The sound quality can also be fairly good from time to time  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2024 14:34:04 GMT -5
Was using cassettes up until 2008 when I got me a hand me down Sansa. Then when I got my current job at goodwill, I started actively collecting for my old Tiger R2D2 Data Droid (and when that bit the dust, got me a Sony CFD-E75). If anything, I enjoy the mechanics of the player and how it'll stop on a dime. The sound quality can also be fairly good from time to time I’ve got that same Sony in black! I call it the “bug head”. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 4, 2024 14:37:12 GMT -5
I've owned music in all four formats, though it was almost all either vinyl or CDs. Now I rely pretty much exclusively on Spotify, though I do have all my parents' LPs (including a bunch of 78s from the '30s and '40s) stashed in a box in my office closet.
Cei-U!
I summon the (maybe literally) moldy oldies!
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Post by majestic on Oct 4, 2024 14:46:49 GMT -5
Boston's debut album is the only one I had in all 4 formats! Still have it on vinyl and CD.
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Post by majestic on Oct 4, 2024 14:50:18 GMT -5
I still collect vinyl. Mostly a band's greatest hits collection or their biggest album like AC/DC Back in Black as an example.
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 4, 2024 15:08:28 GMT -5
Was using cassettes up until 2008 when I got me a hand me down Sansa. Then when I got my current job at goodwill, I started actively collecting for my old Tiger R2D2 Data Droid (and when that bit the dust, got me a Sony CFD-E75). If anything, I enjoy the mechanics of the player and how it'll stop on a dime. The sound quality can also be fairly good from time to time I’ve got that same Sony in black! I call it the “bug head”. Definitely has that "Y2K Futurism" look to it |
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Post by Confessor on Oct 4, 2024 19:00:43 GMT -5
In the past I have bought music on vinyl, cassette and CD. And today, I still listen to and consume music on CD and vinyl. F*ck Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music etc, for the way they exploit and rip off hard working musicians.
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 4, 2024 19:11:42 GMT -5
In the past I have bought music on vinyl, cassette and CD. And today, I still listen to and consume music on CD and vinyl. F*ck Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music etc, for the way they exploit and rip off hard working musicians. I use Bandcamp. You keep what you own and the money you use to pay for the album goes directly to the artist. I think it's run by Epic? The people who do Fortnite and the Unreal Engine? |
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Post by Confessor on Oct 4, 2024 19:15:59 GMT -5
In the past I have bought music on vinyl, cassette and CD. And today, I still listen to and consume music on CD and vinyl. F*ck Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music etc, for the way they exploit and rip off hard working musicians. I use Bandcamp. You keep what you own and the money you use to pay for the album goes directly to the artist. I think it's run by Epic? The people who do Fortnite and the Unreal Engine? Yeah, BandCamp are pretty good. The indie band I'm in are on there. It's a great way to sell merch and physical copies an album or whatever, without the company screwing you over. But it does tend to be cult bands (like mine) that are on there, rather than anybody mainstream that the majority of people actually want to listen to.  |
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