What format do you buy your music on?

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What format do you buy your music on?

Vinyl
12
20%
CD
20
34%
Digital Download (Any compressed format)
21
36%
Digital Download (Non-compressed format)
4
7%
Other
2
3%
 
Total votes: 59

kaffein
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What format do you buy your music on?

Post by kaffein » Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:54 am

Just what the titles asks...

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Post by v00d00ppl » Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:07 am

both cd and vinyl.......digital formats aint my steeze.

kaffein
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Post by kaffein » Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:16 am

Sigh I should have made this multiple choice, haha.

If you you get your music in multiple formats, vote for your most purchased format.

compositeone
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Post by compositeone » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:17 am

I only ever buy vinyl. Well that's not strictly true but I buy so little CDs that its hardly worth mentioning. I have been toying with the idea of getting a final scratch (or similar) so that I can start buying digital downloads instead.
http://www.myspace.com/compositeswerve

"So what kind of music do you make?"
"Both kinds...... drum and bass."

robin
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Post by robin » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:16 am

I buy vinyl and record it all. It sounds nicer that way. I'm not overly keen on the mastering for most CDs and digital downloads.

Machinate
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Post by Machinate » Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:46 pm

I don't buy music.
mbp 2.66, osx 10.6.8, 8GB ram.

robin
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Post by robin » Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:50 pm

Machinate wrote:I don't buy music.
Wow really? Why?

ikke
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Post by ikke » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:01 pm

v00d00ppl wrote:both cd and vinyl.......digital formats aint my steeze.
and cd isnt digital? :?

OrsanKart
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Post by OrsanKart » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:08 pm

8 track cassette :wink:
Had a very respectable post count until abes lost my account..The new me..

Machinate
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Post by Machinate » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:12 pm

robin wrote:
Machinate wrote:I don't buy music.
Wow really? Why?
I basically hardly (have time to) listen to music, and when I do it's always downloads, or on rare occasions Pandora.com.
mbp 2.66, osx 10.6.8, 8GB ram.

robin
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Post by robin » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:13 pm

Machinate wrote: I basically hardly (have time to) listen to music, and when I do it's always downloads, or on rare occasions Pandora.com.
Fair do's. I listen to music all the time. I spend loads on it each month.

Rogue Scrunt
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Post by Rogue Scrunt » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:45 pm

100% vinyl.


i buy cd's for my wife, and sometimes she likes vinyl too.
for lots of great records, check out,
http://stores.ebay.com/id=64360994?ssPageName=ME:F:ST

ikke
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Post by ikke » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:48 pm

the more I make music, the less I listen to music
the better i become as a producer, the pickier i become for other music
thats not fun

ikke
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Post by ikke » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:49 pm

40% for Digital Download (Any compressed format) 8O
you guys pay for those downloads or you go to Kazaa??

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Post by SimonPHC » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:56 pm

I would gladly pay for digital download releases, if I had some kind of credit card that beatport or the other sites like ...

the only thing that disturbs me is the compression (the volume control, limiting etc ...). I've had stuff released digital and allthough it sounded good (on it's own) it was very different in terms of headroom and dynamics as opposed to vinyl.

we don't NEED to squash your music, just raise the volume on our amplifier during playback ...

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