I only buy CD's and download lossless files(no MP3's) of live shows from either the artist websites or bit torrent sites. Sound quality is everything to me. I listen to the majority of my music on my home system...old Marantz receiver with a killer pair of Klipsch speakers. I also listen in my truck quite often. I used to buy the majority of my discs from Tower Records but since they have closed, I like to go to the used shops like Streetlight Records or Rasputin. I also purchase many discs from Amazon. I recently backed up my CD collection to an external hard drive in lossless format...approx. 1 Terabyte worth of music. I keep all my CD's as the original source. I own no MP3's due to the inferior sound quality....definitely a huge loss in quality compared to discs or lossless files when played on a good sound system. I don't go after singles or individual songs. I like to listen to the complete album, there are so many gems that are not mainstream. Thanks for excellent blog. In reply to: "Music poll: How do you get your music? CD? iTunes? Napster?"
February 6, 2008
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