What audio standard do you play or collect?

#1

As we now have a new dedicated community revolving solely around audio I thought it might be good to share what our preferred source for audio is, are you an old school vinyl collector, fine with Apple Music downloads, a Hi-Res purist or just a bargain bucket CD buyer?

Perhaps if Soundcore know our buying habits, some new products aimed towards them might surface :wink:

  • Vinyl - Yeah Iā€™m old school but love it!
  • CDā€™s - I like digital but something I can put on a shelf
  • Download (320kbps or less) - Donā€™t have canine hearing so Iā€™m fine saving space
  • Streaming - Who needs to own when I can play / borrow for the day
  • Hi-Res (24/96/192) - I want to hear it like Iā€™m in the studio

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#2

I am mainly using Apple Music now, but Iā€™m not sure if itā€™s considered ā€œhigh resā€ or not.

I would really like to use vinyl, but I canā€™t afford it. I also like having a hard copy, which is a reason I like. CDā€™s, but I still mainly shy away from those.

Of course high res is the best!

#3

I usually steam from Spotify or Youtube music and then downloaded mediaā€¦

#4

I love vinyl, I browse through the vinyl selection ag the local goodwill. Often times I can snag a great record for just 5o cents. Aside from old school records, I download and stream high resolution audio as it offers the best reproduction and bassline

#5

Depends on :wink:

  • I listen to DAB+ Radio (Bayern Klassik) daily
    (very important because nearly perfekt without any disturbing noise
    compared to simple FM)
  • I stream Radio (RTP Antena 1) often
  • I listen to downloaded mp3 (compression as good as possible) daily
  • I listen to my old vinyl records sometimes
  • I listen to CD sometimes
#6

As a YouTube Premium subscriber, I usually download the highest quality available from YouTube Music.

#7

Are there differences?
I was thinking if the upload is from poor quality there is no possibility to improve.

#8

I download at whatever it is. I donā€™t check what MP3 rate it is.

I love the crackle of vinyl, thereā€™s something very honest about that sound.

If I can dl hi-res or large MP3 files, I do. I mean I have 100gb plus mem card, on my phone, so size isnā€™t a problem. I simply find a download site, and download whatever it.comes in!

#9

Iā€™ll still buy a CD now & again, but I have all of my music downloaded/ripped to a hard drive. I listen to a lot of music while Iā€™m out & about, and I donā€™t want to use my data to stream music, so I still use iTunes to keep it organized and synced to my phone.

#10

Depends on how I feel that day. If I am totally digging the song, I will download it, if it is a google style of song, it is streamed so I can listen to similar. I cannot remember the last time I purchased one though.

#11

If you donā€™t buy the songs, how do you get them?

#12

Mostly a youtube to mp3 convertor or torrenting.

#13

Most of these converters sites log IP address and bother details for the browser, ā€¦ if YouTube / content owners were to sue under copyright violation - these converterbsites would give up all these details, and more troubleā€¦ :anguished::anguished:

#14

Iā€™m an Apple Music user and I use the default settings to stream high quality when Iā€™m on WiFi and ā€œregularā€ quality on cellular (to help prevent buffering in low signal areas).

Back when I was ripping files from CDs, I would only encode them at 192kbps. I was so young and naive! :rofl:

#15

VPN is where itā€™s at. Worst case you can use something along the lines of Bee Think, but I use an older one that had never failed me in 8 years. But all in all vpn is the way to go always unless you want to dabble in using a TOR browser, but that is a whole different thing.

#16

I am using Google Play, Youtube Music and Amazon Musicā€¦Get a range of music. Do prefer Google Play though

#17

Sounds good! TOR is a better option :ok_hand:t2:

#18

TOR still isnā€™t perfect :wink:

#19

I personally donā€™t use the Tor though have heard a lot of things from my friends and colleagues as good for privacy and anonymity

#20

If I win an iTunes Gift Card, maybe Iā€™ll subscribe to Apple Musicā€¦