Physical albums or downloads (or even streaming)

Ozzie

Who does what as their primary source of music and why? I'm just curious. I've been thinking that it's probably inevitable that one day the majority of my music will be from downloads... I have some friends who recently sold all their albums and subsist entirely on streaming services alone. Don't think that'll ever be me though!

HesCalledDyer

I keep CD's and/or vinyl of my top 5 or 10 favorite bands, or really exceptional albums here and there. Everything else is downloads. Even most PJ bootlegs I have are digital. I only buy the CD if it's a show I attended. I don't stream at all.

PJ_Soul

Vinyl in my #1 technically... that's what I spend all my money on, anyway.
But I actually spend more time listening to digital or streaming (if youtube is considered streaming - I guess so), since I listen to my mp3 player any time I'm out of my house, and to music all day on my computer at work. So while my heart is with vinyl, I still couldn't live without digital music.

Ozzie

Thanks for your thoughts. We've just moved to a smaller place in a new city so all our albums are currently stored in the loft. I've been downloading new music since then and they feelings of guilt at not buying physical are slowly abating - terrible first world problem for sure!
I saw a pic on here a while back where someone had wired their iPad up to an old jukebox - I'd love to do something similar and get my iTunes played through my amplified speakers - they sound kick ass and I need to keep using them.