Who has WHAT ? --- Poll ---

[RSC]

For me: turntable - always have had one, probably always will;
CD player - well, it's a DVD-A player really, but does the job;
FM tuner - yes, but used to stream from the computer these days;
file based - yes, films; photos & music streaming (use a DAC for music).

I use one of those FM transmitter devices (meant for in car use) hooked up to the headphone output of my laptop - I can then pick up whatever I want to stream on any of the FM radios I have dotted around the house - cheapskate multi-room.

If I still had a Troughline, I could genuinely call it "wireless streaming" :-)

[Rare Bird]

quite a startling poll really at the mo 87 voters, out of that 85 use TT's!

[The Grand Wazoo]

I resisted buying a CD player til the early 90's!

[walpurgis]

Got my first CD player about 1983, it was a tiny Toshiba top loading effort.

Chris, how are you getting on wth that G99/Decca combo? Bet it sounds great!

[Z-A]

Redbook 16 bit 44.1khz only here, if done well it is thoroughly convincing.

[PLINIUS]

Got my first CD player about 1983, it was a tiny Toshiba top loading effort.

Chris, how are you getting on wth that G99/Decca combo? Bet it sounds great!

We sold a truck-load of these Toshiba xrj9 cd player.jpg when they came out.
Very versatile player with an inoffensive sound & the 1v output (instead of the usual 2v) which made it ideal for those had 60s & 70s amps that were not designed to cope with a 2v input.
I'm still using one with a 70s AIWA micro component system.

[icehockeyboy]

I've got a TT, a cassette deck, and an AM FM tuner, but they're not in my main system.
Maybe you should do another poll to include non main system bits?

[walpurgis]

We sold a truck-load of these Toshiba xrj9 cd player.jpg when they came out.
Very versatile player with an inoffensive sound & the 1v output (instead of the usual 2v) which made it ideal for those had 60s & 70s amps that were not designed to cope with a 2v input.
I'm still using one with a 70s AIWA micro component system.

Yeah, that's the one. I sold it to a mate and as far as I'm aware, its still going strong.

[MartinT]

I think what are used as primary sources are of most interest as the means by which we play music when we want good quality. We probably all have a plethora of secondary sources, but a poll based on those would become a very long list indeed.

[RichB]

quite a startling poll really at the mo 87 voters, out of that 85 use TT's!

Admittedly i dont use a turntable for regular listening, instead I use to to make good quality rips of my once forgotten record collection. Having these once forgotten tunes readily available as part of my digital library means they get played more often than they did when hid in a cupboard. For me its a means to an end and after having invested so much in CD and digital stuff over the years I couldnt ever imagine starting a vinyl collection again. Besides its so expensive nowadays. CD is supposedly the next 'dead media' format and I'm currently enjoying scooping up loads of them very cheaply indeed. Pre-recorded tapes are also pretty cheap and if they are decent I rip them too.