Subj : Re: I am thinking...
To   : Abbub
From : Avon
Date : Thu Dec 21 2023 09:53 am

On 20 Dec 2023 at 09:07a, Abbub pondered and said...
 
 Ab> I use Apple Music for casual listening and some music discovery (but for
 Ab> that, we actually have two independent AAA radio stations that seem to
 Ab> play new stuff that I like, so that seems to be the main source of my
 Ab> new music discoveries). Apple Music is used almost exclusively for when
 Ab> I'm walking, running, biking, or in the car.

Great to hear you're still consuming FM radio :) The former broadcaster in me wants to say 'thanks!' :)

I'm on Apple Music (free for 6 months) after upgrading my iPhone but when that runs out I will likely move back to Spotify as I've found their platform to be just a bit more intuitive to use.

 Ab> I also have about 650 CDs sitting on some shelves about 6 feet from my
 Ab> desk, and a CD player hooked up to the speakers on the desk. I've got a
 Ab> 4 TB external drive that I rip all of the CDs to FLAC on, but honestly,
 Ab> I never use it.

I too have a ton of CDs many I still need to RIP and some that I only got ni recent months from my youngest son who came upon a good bargain and pointed me to it at the time. Time is the big thing for me... making it to do the ripping etc.

 Ab> While I'm working, I alternate between the radio (I have a usb SDR with
 Ab> a FM yagi pointed at Denver.) and listening to discs. The only time I
 Ab> really stream anything is when I specifically want to listen to an album
 Ab> I don't have on disc.  That 'listen' is sometimes followed with a trip
 Ab> to eBay to see how cheap I can get the actual disc for. lol

what I've found is that as I get older I miss hearing the version of the song I grew up with on the radio or had on vinyl all those years back. Many of the streaming platforms have re-recorded or similar the tunes and they just don't always sound right to me... so I go back to early recordings on CD and records for those reasons :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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