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Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 6:20 am
by v8-powered
Car - DAB or Spotify
Train - Spotify or YouTube via Sony buds
Home - Spotify via a multitude of Sonos speakers
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 9:13 am
by the_priest
Bluetooth to my hearing aid. Does not bother anyone else then.
Bluetooth to the sound systems in the church.
I've setup Bluetooth systems in both places of worship, so it is much easier to have music in the background or for worship.
I don't listen to music in the car very often, but use my Bluetooth to hearing aid for longer drives.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 9:31 am
by Cousin Jack
At home - CDs, radio (FM rather than DAB), or very occasionally I take out the vinyl.
In the car it is Radio 4 or occasionally local radio.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 10:15 am
by Yorick
I have Planet Rock on as soon as I wake up, until about tea time
Through my superb Sony WH-1000MX4 headphones while walking the dog or working in the garden. Or through my Marshall DAB speaker around the patio or in the garage.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 1:03 pm
by Pirahna
I very rarely listen to music. I suppose it comes from my work life, up early and out on the bike for an hour commute, I never listen to music on the bike. In the office all day, then an hour home. I never listen to music in the car, there's too much going on around to concentrate on. I don't subscribe to any streaming services. I could ask Alexa to play a radio station or I could stream though my hearing aids if I want to, I just never do.
I don't watch TV either.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 1:34 pm
by gremlin
Spotify through multiple Sonos speakers at home.
Spotify via Samsung earbuds when I'm out.
Humming to myself in the shower. It's great, I can pause it whenever I want and if I get bored of humming that song, I simply skip to the next one.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 3:28 pm
by Mairi
Spotify to Bluetooth headphones in the gym or on walks. In the house, its usually vinyl on the record player in the kitchen.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 3:58 pm
by Horse
Pirahna wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 1:03 pm... on the bike ...
Never.
Apart from when I borrowed a full-dress Wing for a few weeks
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 4:07 pm
by cheb
When I use my phone in the van I use Musicolet. It's an offline app that only plays what you have stored. I like it, it does what I want and that's all I need.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 4:36 pm
by Flux
Home is vinyl or cd, but 90% vinyl. Work or car is dap.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 6:10 pm
by Silly Car
Either Audible books via Bluetooth or DAB Radio 2 in the car but never when Jeremy Vine is on
Gym / running - Spotify or recently Pace Setter podcast on BBC sounds via Bluetooth ear buds or (new) bone conduction headphones
Around the house, Radio 2 via various echo devices or Spotify via earbuds depending on what I’m doing.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 6:33 pm
by gremlin
I can link up an old record deck yo the Sonos, but once the initial novelty wears off, it becomes quite tedious turning over the record or having to get my arse off the chair to find the next one to play.
It's like having to warm up an old solid metal iron to press a shirt. Novel, but a plug-in steam iron is soooo much more convenient.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 6:37 pm
by KungFooBob
gremlin wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 6:33 pm
I can link up an old record deck yo the Sonos, but once the initial novelty wears off, it becomes quite tedious turning over the record or having to get my arse off the chair to find the next one to play.
It's like having to warm up an old solid metal iron to press a shirt. Novel, but a plug-in steam iron is soooo much more convenient.
But it does force you to listen to every track, in the order the artist intended, with no skipping.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 9:56 pm
by porter_jamie
Audirvana on laptop into a babyface fs dac which is a studio quality bit of gear for recording, rotel pre power and tannoy 636s. On high res music it's absolutely sensational. Cant quite believe what im hearing. I spent some time treating the rear wall and ages pulling the speakers around the room.
The babyface is insane.
Tidal is high Res but because windows doesnt change properly between tracks so use audirvana and it works very well. Spotify is low res. They are missing a trick as the interface is great.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 10:15 pm
by KungFooBob
I can't believe no one has said 'hands and ears' yet.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 10:21 pm
by Ian
In the car - DKFM. Luckily it filled the gap when Radio6 went to shit and I've been listening ever since
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 10:49 pm
by Yorick
porter_jamie wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 9:56 pm
Audirvana on laptop into a babyface fs dac which is a studio quality bit of gear for recording, rotel pre power and tannoy 636s. On high res music it's absolutely sensational. Cant quite believe what im hearing. I spent some time treating the rear wall and ages pulling the speakers around the room.
The babyface is insane.
Tidal is high Res but because windows doesnt change properly between tracks so use audirvana and it works very well. Spotify is low res. They are missing a trick as the interface is great.
That was Chinese to me
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 6:51 am
by gremlin
Yorick wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 10:49 pm
porter_jamie wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 9:56 pm
Audirvana on laptop into a babyface fs dac which is a studio quality bit of gear for recording, rotel pre power and tannoy 636s. On high res music it's absolutely sensational. Cant quite believe what im hearing. I spent some time treating the rear wall and ages pulling the speakers around the room.
The babyface is insane.
Tidal is high Res but because windows doesnt change properly between tracks so use audirvana and it works very well. Spotify is low res. They are missing a trick as the interface is great.
That was Chinese to me
Summary: he listens to Agadoo by Black Lace in very hi-res sound.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 6:56 am
by gremlin
porter_jamie wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 9:56 pm
Audirvana on laptop into a babyface fs dac...
All of this is fine if you have a dedicated room, set up for top acoustics with a chair placed
just so that you can sit and listen intently to the music.
Invariably, my Sonos is on all over the gaff whilst I'm showering, cooking, working, hanging up my smalls, etc., so the convenience of that outweighs any small drop in quality.
Re: How do you play / listen to music?
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 7:18 am
by Count Steer
There's 'listening' and there's 'having some music on'. Just like you can have the telly on and be doing other stuff or you can be watching a film, following the plot etc or sitting listening intently to yer Philip Glass opera collection vs singing along in the shower to whatever happens to be on the radio station your little waterproof radio is tuned to.
'Orses for courses innit? Sometimes sound quality matters more than others. Having more than one option is allowed.
