I still have the Pioneer turntable I worked so hard to earn as a 15 yr old! Earning $1.99 an hour as a Thursday night/Saturday morning casual sucked but I bought my own stereo that way. First the turntable, then the Kenwood amp, borrowed some headphones until I got some lovely Jensen hi-fi speakers. Listened to a decent collection of vinyl and sometimes still do. I have all my old Smiths, Cure, Led Zep, Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Cramps, etc stuff on vinyl. Then I gradually got most of it on CD as well.
We have a Yamaha 5-CD turntable CD player that we use all the time. I love the sound of a good stereo. I have my old stereo in my office, ad a while ago my son's girlfriend bought me some vinyl for a birthday which I thought was lovely. I played some records and my son was surprised at how good they sounded! Maybe he thought they were going to sound like 78s! (My dad had a huge collection of old jazz 78s...)
I like records and CDs. I like having something with the artist's art work, something tangible. And I liked the little posters that would come with records. I don't stream, mainly because I have no way to make it sound any good and also because I'd rather the artist made at least some money.
I listen to everything from Billie Holiday to the Birthday Party or Jim Jones Revue while I make pedals but often don't have any music playing at all because I find it too distracting. I can't not listen to it.
