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mp3s for me now ..... haven't bought a CD for ages, in fact can't remember the last time.
Amazon mp3 downloads straight from the PC to mp3 player is far too convenient. Can't say i've noticed any less quality from mp3 d/l compared to ripping CDs but I DO miss the sleeves ... even the li'l ones on CDs as I'm one of these who has to know who's playing on every track. Anal I think they call it!!
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Willow

mp3's for me too - very very rarely play any of my CDs now

i used to be very much like john cusack in high fidelity - walls of music and film al alphabetised - i never got to the point of the ordering in personal chronological order thankfully

then i decided one day to cleanse myself of this attachment - took all my cds out of cases and put them in wallets. instead of a wall they now take up a shelf

i did the same for my films too and have never looked back

was hard getting rid of the special edition boxes for music and films but don;t miss them now at all - i think i grew as a person that day ;)

stu

When I was a kid, I used to love buying T-rex, The Sweet, Slade. I could no doubt if I had to remember the lyrics to every single any of said bands released, and most B-sides of T-rex. Albums were just fantastic. Now I buy a cd, mp3 it, shove it on my player, and thats' the last I see or think about it. That is unless the record company decides to hump my leg whilst I'm asleep and release the fecking thing again with a shit load of extra tracks for the same price. Then I just get really annoyed.

I'm still definately in the "high fidelity"/OCD camp. Fortunately I stopped short of going truly off the wall a few years ago, spending £1000 on a new PSU for my turtable! However, it's sound quality all the way, CDs and Vinyl are still king in my house. I also quite like having a wall of CDs and vinyl. I'll probably start downloading albums when they're released as really high bit-rate forms (e.g 24bit 96khz). It hopefully won't be too long off!

Sure I read somewhere that Linn (the hi fi company) are behind a site offering high quality digital downloads - now that hard drives cost feck all, hopefully mp3 will be replaced by CD quality. In answer to the original question though, vinyl!!! Used to love buying a 12" album on release day, gatefold sleeve, coloured vinyl, picture disc, free lp limited editions - get it home, get it out really carefully and put it on - kids dont get that today!!

Surprising that CD and vinyl are now lumped together as quality formats. CD was blasted by the audiophiles for a long time. I still much much prefer vinyl over CD for prolonged listening anyday. CDs (and mp3s) make your ears ache!!
However, vinyl makes your feckin legs ache as you have to get up every 20 minutes!!
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I think with CD it suied some music better than vinyl. I remember putting Slayer's South of Heaven on on CD (not everyones cuppa!) and the clarity of the kick drums was brilliant, really cut through. Vinyl was definately warmer though - and better looking!

I agree with Jez C, some music sounds better on vinyl and some on CD. Being a synth pop buff, Kraftwerk just sounds far better on CD. Their sparse Germanic beats just don't work as well on vinyl. On the other side of the coin, I've got bags of albums that sound a million times better on vinyl.

I also think, if I've got music on quiet in the background, CD really excels. If I'm really listening to an albun, I prefer it on vinyl.

I don't totally loathe MP3s, they're fantastic for when you're on the go. In the cold light of day listening to tunes on tapes was awful and Discmen used to obliterate your CD collcections! Plus they both used to wolf batteries like they were going out of fashion.

joking really - my favourite format is listening to someone elses mp3 through the earpiece of their mobile phone on bus journeys!!! :0)

@Jez ...
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I LOVE that track too!
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@willow - oh its much betr quality than that now - its like "dial a disk" through a 1 watt mono radio!!! Sheer audio brilliance!
Good job i'm tolerant, or there would have been many a mobile phone on Jubillee Way!! :0)