What do you use to listen to music?

[expat]

iTunes on MacBook through Airport Express. Because it just works.

[Jeebo72]

I'm still using my Linn Sondek...

[eek]

I'm still using my Linn Sondek...

Around the house its Slimdevice Squeezeboxes scattered around the house. Every room bar the bathrooms has one...

[NotAllThere]

Where's the "vinyl and hifi" option?

[Martin@AS Financial]

Dear All,

Last night I cried myself to sleep having heard that my favourite app is going to be canned.
Winamp is still a thing? NOPE: It'll be silenced forever in December

I have used Winamp for many years. Before that I used MusicMatch Jukebox but it became bloated and ugly and Winamp filled the gap. I have 387 GB of MP3s (47,240 Files) and listen to tunes every day. I don't want to use iTunes, I don't want to rack up vids on YouTube, I know where all of my MP3s are and when I want music to suit my mood then I know where to look.

People have mentioned Spotify. There is not enough alternative music on Spotify, it doesn't have the whole collection of 1 in the Jungle 1995 - 1998 collection, or all my old Gilles Peterson radio shows, or the many random DJ mixes and streams that I have collected over the years and is therefore inferior and a non-contender.

My question to the congregation is, how do you consume your music? Poll to follow...

All I want is a light weight MP3 / flac player that will read ID3 info, open playlists and rip CDs. It's surely not much to ask for. Integration with Lat.FM would be nice too. Looks like Foobar2000 fits the bill but god it looks ugly. As an aside, what do people use on their mobiles if you are a music fan with a bigger collection? I tried Winamp on Android but was very disappointed at the lack of folder browsing.

Any suggestions much appreciated.

Ive still got my Technic 1210's set up so still a lot of vinyl for me.

One in the jungle was one of the best things to happen to radio 1. All the sets are here:

One in the jungle radio shows, Podcasts & DJ mixes | Mixcloud

[administrator]

Ive still got my Technic 1210's set up so still a lot of vinyl for me.

One in the jungle was one of the best things to happen to radio 1. All the sets are here:

One in the jungle radio shows, Podcasts & DJ mixes | Mixcloud

Nice one Martin! Yeah I've still got my 1210's but not enough room to use them until we get some building work done next year. I have a couple of thousand dnb 12" and albums and all the punk and indie vinyl from my early years. Cheers for the MixCloud link, this is one of my faves:
Mickey Finn & MC Navigator - BBC Radio One in the Jungle - 31.01.1997 by Rave Archive UK © | Mixcloud

You can also download them and play them on your fave mp3 player here:
One In The Jungle Archive

Although the ones on mixcloud look to be the full two hours shows, will have more of a look this evening

If you like playing with vinyl you should have a look at Traktor:
Traktor : Dj Software : Traktor Pro 2 | Products

Quite a few places you can find mp3s of all the rare 12's you wanted but couldn't afford or find, you can then play them using time-coded vinyl. Winner!

[Martin@AS Financial]

Nice one Martin! Yeah I've still got my 1210's but not enough room to use them until we get some building work done next year. I have a couple of thousand dnb 12" and albums and all the punk and indie vinyl from my early years. Cheers for the MixCloud link, this is one of my faves:
Mickey Finn & MC Navigator - BBC Radio One in the Jungle - 31.01.1997 by Rave Archive UK © | Mixcloud

You can also download them and play them on your fave mp3 player here:
One In The Jungle Archive

Although the ones on mixcloud look to be the full two hours shows, will have more of a look this evening

If you like playing with vinyl you should have a look at Traktor:
Traktor : Dj Software : Traktor Pro 2 | Products

Quite a few places you can find mp3s of all the rare 12's you wanted but couldn't afford or find, you can then play them using time-coded vinyl. Winner!

Cheers Admin

Looking forward to the Micky Finn one - will have that on during my gym session tomorow.

You just cant beat the sound and feel of vinyl - especially a freshly cut dubplate. I bet you cant wait to get the system all set up again.

I'm just about to get Ableton this week as I've been promising myself I would learn how to produce but have never got round to it until now.