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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Adam Boult

Open thread: How do you listen to music?

VARIOUS - 1988
Sony Walkman … Not one of the most popular ways of listening to music. Photograph: Rex Features

We recently asked, via @guardianmusic and our Facebook page, how people are most likely to listen to music. Here are a few of the responses we received.

@_r1ch4rd

In theory I'm a vinyl man (who isn't?) but I'm somewhat addicted to Last.fm; I just can't get enough scrobbles.

@fuzzcaminski

Realistically, iTunes/MP3, then radio (DAB and Internet stream) then CD. Can't beat vinyl's personality, warmth and artwork.

@elle_c_emm

I still listen to (pre 1995!) cassettes in my car, but it's not how i'd be most likely to listen to music

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@iam_fernando

Software: 1. iTunes, by far 2. Spotify (though it is gaining quick) 3. Pandora. Hardware: iPhone 4G 32GB.

@joeminihane

I'm trying to ditch Spotify and prefer using my stereo these days. Streaming makes me lazy and makes music too throwaway.

@futurespacemag

Used to like Spotify, but SoundCloud is more engaging.

While many people expressed a lasting love for vinyl, by far the most popular way of listening to music was (perhaps unsurprisingly) the MP3 player, according to our poll on Facebook. In second place was Spotify, followed by iTunes, CDs, YouTube, and vinyl.

How about you? Let us know below.

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