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I wanted so bad to like records and to like liking records - buying them, collecting them, listening to them - but I didn't grow up with them and never had anyone cheerleading their audio quality (or even value, tbh - I assume(d) cassettes were just as good/all the same), so transitioning to cassettes to CD to all digital was effortless for me. Still, I realize the audio quality is not important for me, as the quality of the recording or just being able to hear the music unencumbered (keeping decent headphones, a decent small headphone amp, and just proper bitrate audio files) is all I concern myself with. Scratchy Punk Rock and lo fi Black Metal can sound just like those - sounds good on tape and almost any format. Stuff recorded with impeccable equipment and attention to detail, keeping the Average Consumer's(TM) home equipment in mind (at one time mono, then stereo, but always analog (once upon a time)) should sound like that - high end and "immaculate" recordings (sonic-wise, anyway).

So circling back to my point - if I can hear the music and nothing is f***ing it up, I am happy. :)

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~inquiry wrote (thread):

> So circling back to my point - if I can hear the music
> and nothing is f***ing it up, I am happy. :)

I've come to prefer silence most of the time. But if/when I do get the tune craving, I prefer the serendipity of good 'ole terrestrial radio disk jockeys.

Okay.. when I need a specific song - especially repeatedly - I turn to Alexa. But that's pretty rare unless the wife and I are in the throes of an alcohol-fueled reminisce fest. But that's become a lot less because age. Ugh.