CD's - When you have thousands of these little guys, you have to make use of them.

 

I suppose so.:lol:

 

CDs only. On a Marantz CD player proudly devoid of a USB input, headphone amplifier, Sennheisers, and a room without a PC.

 

I rarely listen to complete works anymore -been there, done that- so I transfer favorite movements, arias, etc. from CD, WAV, Flac or MP3 over to AAC via iTunes and listen on iPhone and good headphones. Used to listen on a big traditional stereo setup, but haven't done so for years.

 

CD and LP mainly, adding DVD , live concerts and The Metropolitan opera in the Cinema.
( very rarely the radio. )

 

CDs, of course, mostly. But I still regularly tap into the vinyl, as I have quite a bit of classical vinyl, well preserved, and fine equipment on which to play it. And of course the radio supplies me with traveling music, generally, when I'm crossing the plains or wherever in the ol' Jeep. Sometimes I even drive it to live symphony concerts! And there is certainly live music making with friends, my bro ... or just me sitting on the porch strumming. Or going to a local entertainment venue (Did I hear someone say "bar"?) to hear a player or two.

(As I type this, I'm listening to a classical CD (Joseph Curiale: Awakening, Orchard Road Music, no catalog number) via headphones. Earlier this evening, though, I spun my old vinyl Abbey Road disc by the Beatles, a disc 48 years young today, the anniversary of the album's release. So I consider that classical, too.)

 

Compact Discs where I can.

 

CDs exclusively. Even downloads, I burn to CDs.

 

So far…it seems that most of us, whether collecting CDs or downloaded files, like to have the source music in our immediate possession and control. We stroke it, we croon, "My precious, my precious…" Or so it seems.

The streamers, who have left such attachments behind in their search for musical enlightenment, are in the minority.

 

With physical formats, your music is yours. With anything digital, you're at the mercy of amoral business executives that decide what, when and how you may listen to music.

You should never ever give companies so much power over something you love so much as music. They'll come up with ever more creative ways to restrict and screw you over. Already, when browsing for CDs at Presto Classical, I very often see the ominous message: "this download is not available in your country". A release gets deleted from the catalogue? You're thoroughly screwed because there is no secondary market for used and out-of-print items.

Reject digital. Buy only physical. If you absolutely must use digital files, purchase the CD and rip it.

 

I'm a Streamer/Radio person. But actually if I add up all the hours of music I listen to in a day, over half of that is... playing flute! I play on average 3 hours a day, not including rehearsals and studio which can be 1-2 hours more each day. I make the music.

 

Only CD's but if it is not available I have to purchase a LP,also for sentimental reasons,nice covers etc.
I always try to find a nice edition but the edition that sounds the best is the one I go for.

 

CDs, but streaming is a close second.

I recently got a new stereo receiver that will stream directly from Spotify, not because I particularly wanted this feature but because they all have it now. It turns out I use it all the time, though probably more for non-classical music than classical.

If I could afford it I would go to a lot more live music, too.

 

I don't even need to answer this just look at my user name.

 

CDs mostly, followed pretty closely by vinyl.

But hi res downloads are quickly making their presence known. Especially DSD.

 

CDs mostly, followed pretty closely by vinyl.

That's me!!!!!!!

 

Mp3s on a mobile device. That's how I listen, but mostly I have ripped to mp3 from the CD I purchase. The question was how do we primarily listen, not how we purchase and archive.

 

I only stream. Too broke to actually buy the music I want!

 

For private listening I use digital files a lot now. No doubt I've followed the same trajectory as many others: vinyl and cassettes, then a very reluctant move to CDs and a less reluctant shift to purely digital files. Having said that I still use CDs and vinyl; in fact just last night I was in bed listening to Grieg's piano concerto on a portable turntable (after listening to Switched on Bach, which I still love).

I attend quite a lot concerts of different kinds, but can't honestly call it my primary means of listening.

 

I buy CDs and rip them to lossless music files then (mostly) listen on portable devices.

 

Portable audiophile player, digital server on hi-fi rig and LP's. In that order.

 

CDs, then streaming. I use streaming mostly in my car; it's easier than lugging CDs around and having them bake in the car while I'm at work.

 

Firstly, I think live concerts are preferable to all else but failing that my CD library with excellent hi-fi. I've also got Bluetooth devices through the house and tap into the huge computer resources for music.

 

I picked streaming on mobile devices, because that's how I listen to most music. Closely followed by streaming on computer.

 

My primary source of music is CDs. I listen through my 22 year old stereo. My secondary source is my iPod, where I've ripped my CDs. I take my iPod to work. My third source is Spotify, streaming music. I have a paid subscription and it's debatable if I get my money's worth as I don't listen to it very often.

 

Still not replaced the old stereo?:tiphat:

 

The primary way I listen to classical music is lossless files ripped from CDs. I listen through iTunes mainly, via a DAC, headphone amp, and my Sennheiser headphones. In second place would be vinyl, with a preamp, the same headphone amp and the same headphones

 

This really should be a multiple choice(s) allowed question. I ended up picking streaming services since this is now my main mechanism. But I do go to concerts fairly often, still keep a very large CD collection, have some digitized into FLAC on my computer, stream using a "high-res" service, which I play at home using a DAC/stereo system and at work using a mobile device with headphones. I rarely play any of my LPs but do occasionally using my grammophone.