LPs get a full listen, and generally CDs also, especially since I'm using a single CD transport these days (my ancient "built like a tank" Marantz 5 disc CD changer still works and sounds great but can't compete with the convenience of streaming). Streaming and the Schiit Urd go through a Bifrost 2/64 (superb DAC), the changer uses a DacMagic with its bespoke (mostly) Pangea power supply...also sounding great. Remixed, remastered, repackaged, restored, re-released...pretty much all good in my book, and I listen mostly to jazz. Often I put on some vinyl and step away to do something...oops...I should get one of those "Q up" gizmos.
Anyone listen to entire albums?
I assume the answer is yes since many of you run vinyl rigs, but just wondering how many around here listen to entire albums at a sitting? In the age of instant gratification and playlists I seem to be, recently, gravitating to listening through entire albums. I don’t have vinyl and only stream or play from a network drive so it’s easy for me to bounce around from song to song, artist to artist. Maybe it’s a nostalgia thing but I enjoy hearing a record in it’s entirely the way the artist recorded it. I’ve flirted with the idea of vinyl for the very reason that it seems to be a format that lends itself to listening through an entire album in one sitting. I seem to be less inclined to make that move though now that I’ve been doing the album thing via streaming.
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