What device do you mostly use to listen to classical music?

[relm1]

I'm curious what way people are getting their music these days. 

[vandermolen]

Old fashioned here!
CD player/amp/speakers
None of this 'download' stuff for me 

[AnotherSpin]

Most of the time, I listen to music via streaming. So that could mean through a streamer, a computer, a smartphone with headphones, or the car's audio system. I suppose all of that rather falls under the umbrella of "a computer."

Though perhaps the original question might have been better phrased as: Do you listen to LPs, CDs, or files.

[Florestan]

None of the above.



FiiO MK3 player (FLAC, mp3)

[prémont]

Old fashioned here!
CD player/amp/speakers
None of this 'download' stuff for me 

Almost as old fashioned here.

CD/DVD player/amp/speakers. Very rarely headphones.
Purchased downloads burnt to CDR and played in the CD player.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Too bad multiple votes aren't allowed, because I use a CD player and computer to playback recordings. But I've used my stereo system less and less over the years and this mainly stems from the fact that I live with two other people and I don't want to disturb them. So I've ripped a good portion of my CD collection to an external SSD and use the Music app on my Apple MacBook as a way to playback the media (which I also use it to organize my collection).

[Roasted Swan]

None of the above.



FiiO MK3 player (FLAC, mp3)

I use a FiiO player too and they are very good I think!

[DavidW]

I am another one where my option isn't listed! I use a streamer. A streamer isn't a computer, and a digital audio player isn't a smart device.

[DavidW]

Most of the time, I listen to music via streaming. So that could mean through a streamer, a computer, a smartphone with headphones, or the car's audio system. I suppose all of that rather falls under the umbrella of "a computer."

Yes it is 2025, the question of "what device do you use?" is an odd one. I listen on my computer at work, my phone on the go, and my streamer at home. But all through Qobuz.

Though perhaps the original question might have been better phrased as: Do you listen to LPs, CDs, or files.

That would have been a better poll!

[Brian]

At work: laptop computer (MacBook Air) with Qobuz streaming, Audio Technica ATH-M50 headphones
At home: a Sony Blu-Ray/CD player connected to (bracing myself for some hardcore judgment here) a Samsung TV. I just use the TV speakers.
In the car: 16-20 minute commute each way each day, plus 3-4 additional drives per week to restaurants for meals, in a car with a CD player

I tend to work in the office 3-4 days a week and would usually stream about 14-18 hours of music in that time.

I listen to about 10 hours of music per week on the home CD player.

I probably listen to CDs in the car for about 3-4 hours a week. This is usually actually the "best" listening because, despite road noise, I can turn up the volume and focus on the music rather than focusing on working. The car stereo is also obviously better than my home setup.

This means my total listening is about 50% CDs, 50% streaming, for a total of about 27-32 hours of music per week or on average 4-5 hours a day.

[Florestan]

I probably listen to CDs in the car for about 3-4 hours a week. This is usually actually the "best" listening because, despite road noise, I can turn up the volume and focus on the music rather than focusing on working.

How can you really focus on the music while driving? If you really manage to do that, I thank God we'll never be on the same road at the same time. 

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

How can you really focus on the music while driving? If you really manage to do that, I thank God we'll never be on the same road at the same time. 

Given the horrible Dallas traffic, it's a wonder Brian can get to work at all!

[Spotted Horses]

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At home: a Sony Blu-Ray/CD player connected to (bracing myself for some hardcore judgment here) a Samsung TV. I just use the TV speakers.
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I probably listen to CDs in the car for about 3-4 hours a week. This is usually actually the "best" listening because, despite road noise, I can turn up the volume and focus on the music rather than focusing on working. The car stereo is also obviously better than my home setup.

Listening on a TV set explains why car listening is the best listening. I'm still astonished that you can listen to classical music in a car. When I was in Texas the car air conditioner was running on maximum at least six months of the year, simulating the experience of sitting inside a jet engine.

[Spotted Horses]

Classical listening is almost always on a computer (Mac), either playing FLAC files (ripped from my CDs or purchased as download) or Apple Streaming Lossless. Apple AirPods Max, Sony WH-1000M4, or Shure SRH-1540.

Non-classical (jazz or pop/rock/folk) on a mobile device (iPhone) either files ripped from CDs or Apple Streaming. Usually Apple AirPods Pro.

[Brian]

How can you really focus on the music while driving? If you really manage to do that, I thank God we'll never be on the same road at the same time. 

Huh, I've never thought about this and don't really understand to be honest...I would guess something like 90% of people here listen a radio or podcasts in the car? At any rate, it prevents me from texting!! 

[Daverz]

I have a music server running Lyrion in my loft that has all my music files on it (all FLAC).  Then I have a couple Raspberry Pi4 "endpoints" that can stream the music files, one in the living room that feeds a speaker system and another in the beedroom that feeds a headphone system.  Both are controlled via phone apps.

When I'm out I use some Airpods, which are adequate for long dull walks in suburbia, and stream Qobuz or podcasts.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

To follow-up my last post, I don't really see how @Brian has time to do anything outside of eating. Here's a fun news segment with Brian, which I'm sure many of the other GMGers haven't seen before:

[Florestan]

Huh, I've never thought about this and don't really understand to be honest...I would guess something like 90% of people here listen a radio or podcasts in the car? At any rate, it prevents me from texting!! 

Oh, I too listen to music on my car, but the focus is much smaller tham at home. I mean, either you concentrate on music's subtleties or you watch your way through the traffic. Can't do both, can you? 😀

[Brian]

Oh, I too listen to music on my car, but the focus is much smaller tham at home. I mean, either you concentrate on music's subtleties or you watch your way through the traffic. Can't do both, can you? 😀

Sure I can! But I also listen to music while working/writing, which seems to be different from many other people as well.

But the secret in a car is to pick unsubtle music. Loud is good 

[DavidW]

My drivers at work are the Sennheiser 660s2, and when the hvac kicks in the Shure 1540s.  I use a Topping dac and amp.

At home I have a stereo with Kef R11 Meta speakers. It is with a Topping dac, NAD power amp, a Bluesound Node streamer and an Audiolab CD transport.

I don't listen to music in the car or on my walks. When I visit my parents I bring the Apple AirPod Max.