How do you decide what to listen to? Same old stuff?

What attracts me to listen is something that is mastered/pressed really good. I guess the same applies when I stream, my initial motivation to listen is to hear something that sounds great. 

I had a sealed Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium for a long time but just did crack it and wow! I think it just might be the best recorded album in the discography at the moment? At least that's what I want to hear first for a time now.

Streaming lately I was blown away by the energy from Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream. After a lot of research suggesting the first perhaps four vinyl presses are thought to be better than what's available digitally, I'm looking forward to receiving a NM purple copy soon! 

This is going to sound a little nuts, but here’s what I do:

I build playlists for single track listening from my library (Roon combines my music with Qobuz music that I have added to my library) by selecting the same track number and then adding that track number on every album, alphabetically. For example, I am now building out my playlist called "Track 7". I do one letter at a time, so I start with The albums that begin with the letter "A", then "B", etc. After "Z", I begin a new playlist, "Track 8", and so on. If an album only has 6 tracks, it will be skipped from playlists after "Track 6".

I know it sounds crazy, but this forces me to listen to everything over a long, long, period of time. It avoids repetitiveness, and eliminates the "what do I listen to?" question.

Every week, I spend time on Qobuz sampling the new releases, and adding those I like to my library. This means that, someday, when I get back to "Track 1", I will have to delete the old playlist and build it anew.

Enjoy the insanity!!!!

+1 for Radio Paradise.  Listen to it all the time. then hop over to ROON and make a favorite

For Internet radio, I love Sheena's Jungle Room, a stream from WFMU.  Great variety, many obscure, funny, or outrageous tunes.  You will want to have Shazam open whenever you listen.

I call listening homework. If I hear you playing something that I like, i'll ask you about it and add it to my homework list. Sometimes I go by album or whole catalog. If I hear on a TV show, movie, I do the same. Shazam is great for that. These forums are a great source as well. Qobuz  Club has forums broken down by genre.