Physical or digital

Mayson Heber

What do you guys prefer a physical of the album you love vinly/cassette/CD or digital? Does it matter to you? Do you feel you support your favorite bands more with physical or digital? And what do you like more cassette or vinly?

ratcharge

I hate music.

sicboy

I listen to stuff on streaming, but I stopped hoarding mp3s because I found i was just never listening to them ever and the novelty of editing tags and transferring them back and forth to an iPod wore off once I had a kid.

I prefer records, but also slave to convenience of streaming for the car/walk/commute.

terminalsunset

I listen to so much music and make so little money that I unfortunately have to rely mostly on digital. I also listen to music in the car and at work, so physical isn't always an option (though I do still listen to CDs in the car). In the ideal listening setting, though, I prefer to put on a record and typically my favorite albums in any given year I'll order a physical copy of.

kai

prefer physical media. if/when that's not possible, i use soulseek/bandcamp for mp3s, an SD card on my phone with the poweramp app, and musicbee on desktop. (musicbee has auto-tag capacity and can manage the phone sync reasonably well). streaming is evil.

Uptown ruler 666 420

Physical media first, have a Plex server with all my digital files for streaming

sicboy

I'm of the opinion that if a band/label doesn't want me streaming their music, they wouldn't put it on the services. And that's totally within their right. I'll likely buy the LP anyway. But if it's there, I'm not gonna purposely inconvenience myself for the sake of digital ethics.

DeeDeeStallone

A little bit of everything. I have to be more conscious of spending these days, but when I can I buy as much of the things I love (whether it's new or old) as I can. I also do some selling on the side to help clear space which just leads to me buying more things that I love. Big ups to bandcamp too.

Randall

I prefer physical but spend a lot of time in the car, at work, walking the dog so probably listen to more music digitally than I do physically at this point. The streaming service pay structure is awful but I’m definitely guilty of taking part in it

elimaxxx

When I had an office job it was mostly digital, but since i'm on the stay at home parent grind i listen to stuff from my record collection. I listened to the entire thing alphabetically over that past couple of years.