My birthday is coming up, so i got these headphones (they're amazing). It got me thinking about the way i consume music as someone who enjoys and also creates it. For me, headphones have always been my preferred means of listening to an album. There's nothing better than putting on a nice pair and getting completely lost in music you love.
So, I have all of my music on my computer in mp3 or FLAC, my computer is connected to my dad's old Kenwood amplifier, and my headphones are plugged into that. I have an iPod Classic and a couple more portable pairs of headphones for when i'm not home.
I couldn't imagine listening to anything else, but i know a lot of people don't do it this way. Lots of people on Hubski are into vinyl. I'm sure some of you have a great stereo setup (i don't even have speakers) with records or CDs or cassettes or whatever.
I'd like to know how you listen to music. When you put on your favorite album, what's the best way to do so and why?
It depends on my mood and the situation. If I'm at my apartment with my roommates we're likely to be listening to vinyl or cassettes through one of two speaker systems, nothing too high end but it still sounds great.
If I'm lounging around and really decide to focus on music I'm going to throw on my headphones and eliminate any distractions, and chances are it's going to be something with depth and layers to be distinguished. Like Pink Floyd, or Ariel Pink, stuff along those lines. Most nights though, I'll just have some ear buds in since it's hard to to listen to music with headphones when you're laying down in bed.
But other times, like right now, all I want to do is go for a drive in my shitty car and throw in a Rolling Stones CD and blast it.
The best way to listen to music is whatever way appeals to how you're feeling and what you most want to be doing in a given moment.