Love vinyl, but for practicality I also have to say I’m really happy with my FLAC digital collection right now served through Plex. I’ve got a JBL sound system for my living room that plays all my audio whether music or video related.

But then I also listen to mp3 stuff using crappy Bluetooth ear buds when the volume needs to stay down, so I’m not exactly an audio snob either

I put my chosen songs on a flash drive, plug it into my smart tv, and play them with the media player.

No ads.

I used to use speakers, but they kind of crapped out. And limited space for the computer made it harder to have them around so I switched to headphones.

So I don’t use any streaming services beyond my YouTube ‘playlists’ of songs that are all like 10 to 20 years old at this point. Used to use DI.fm, but they switched to a model that required a subscription to listen to the only channel I listened to which was extremely disappointing to me for a time. When it comes to physical media I love CDs and actually buy some occasionally. I know they’re a ‘dying media type’, same with all physical media, and it makes me so sad/mad because I much prefer to have a physical copy of something I enjoy. While I don’t use my CDs much they are my go to way of getting music when I am in my car.

Spotify for the convenience. Scrobble everything to listenbrainz. Use listenbrainz and spotify to discover new stuff constantly. I mostly listen to music every second I’m awake if I can help it, primarily on headphones to not annoy others.

I have found that I like music most when I play it. It helps me regulate!

I use a mix of Spotify and downloaded music, and I prefer listening through headphones/ear buds. My noise cancelling headphones broke recently, so I instead have been using regular headphones/earbuds topped with the stereotypical autism noise blocking headset. Much cheaper with the same end result; it blocks out virtually all noise around me. I love the sound and idea of vinyl but cannot commit to yet another collection.

headphones, I can’t hear music any other way, I can’t stand the idea of other people hearing what i’m choosing to hear,