Survey-What is your most used source?


Just curious, what is your most used source: CD, tuner, cassette, LP, dish...?

I purchased a tuner about six months ago, I hadn't used one in my system in well over 10 years. It is easily now my most used source.

Model: Fanfare FT-1A
brianmgrarcom
Only one source here - SACD/CD player.

I've recently changed from my much modified Sony SCD-XA777ES with custom balanced output stage (Ric Schultz - EVS) to a new SCD-XA5400ES. A very nice unit indeed.

Regards,
FM tuner for sure, since I listen in the car, garage, road trips, etc. CDs are second, LP is third.

However, for serious listening, it is LPs, CDs, and FM in that order.
Depends on my mood and mode. Lp's via a fantastic front end when I want the very best, and am willing to make the effort and have the time to really focus and listen attentively. However, I love having music in my life most all the time, and therefore have a well developed computer audio set-up (iTunes/Lossless/Wavelength Crimson USB DAC) with over 15,000 tracks. I love the easy/no hassle access to my huge library and the sound, although it is clearly bettered by vinyl. Thus it is PC Audio 70%, Vinyl 20%, CD 5%.
Computer based iTunes server with a Musical Fidelity Tri Vista SACD player as a DAC.
Mcintosh MS300 Music Server - It's great. I never have to leave my chair to change a cd, lp, etc. My whole music collection in the palm of my hand. The best invention in my era. That's my opinion anyway.......
Soon Oregon - SOON. Just ordered top plat (2X) from PETER, new 30 pounds custom platter and bearing from Goleudy Audio. Then LENCO WILL TRUELY SHINE. When finished LPs-75%.
Cheers
Mariusz.
SONOS - wireless music system, 50% - whole house music.

CD, 25% - convenient reference. (90% Red Book, 10% SACD)

Turntable - 20% reference/critical listening
( probably more in the future with 2 custom tables finished ).

Portable 5% - (70% Archos 605-WiFi, multimedia player 5G+SD card)(30% Ipod,video 60G) - on the road and work + unlimited free access to the Net with Archos (Wi-Fi is big in N.Y).
Car - 95% XM Radio, 5% CD.
Since I recently sold my cd player and my vinyl rig(five years ago)... FM tuna---100%( mostly NPR station)
back in 01 I answered this tread with:

Compact Disc, A 100 percent of the time. Can't aford anymore formats.

Now day's things have changed a little. Music Server 85%, digital disc player 10% and 5% vinyl.
Lenco turntable! LPs 90% and CD/MD 10%. Usually digital if I'm tired and just want to veg.
I like early post- Daniel's. He said earplugs to drown out his wife. Oh yeah!
It has been 5 years since I last posted. I would say now that my Dish receiver is used most, I play satellite radio a lot.
A number of months ago I started using some tube MA-1's I haven;t fired up in years and connected my variable out phono pre directly balanced, so I had Only 1 source- Vinyl. Cut to several months later, I get a pre amp and can now listen to digital as well Via USB laptop/itunes, which is very convenient. Played digital a few times, but now I find I am gravitating back to LP almost exclusivley, even with good digital playback available.
Home 95% digital CATV, 5% CD's. At work we have an old tascam 1/4 RR 50% and AM the other 50%. (hard to get any good FM in Barstow,CA}
My TASCAM or SONY DAT Deck. I record most of my favorite cuts to DAT tape.
Never understood why more people don't.
Instead of a tuner, I have Music Choice through my TV cable company. It's great, and sounds great, but of course not as great as a CD player. But I can play DJ so easily, going from genre to genre, commercial free.
Home:

SACDs/DVD-A - 50%
media server with tons of music (mostly mp3/wav) - 20%
Rhapsody via coax and VGA to my main system - 10%
Vinyl - 10%
CD - 5%
XM radio via Directv - 5%

Car:
XM Radio - 50%
Music Keg/Phatbox (mp3/flac player) - 30%
Treo 650 or Creative Zen with Rhapsody to go music- 10%
CDs - 10%

Work:
XM radio - 70%
local AM - 20%
mp3 players (treo/creative/iPod) - 10%
timothy, check out the fmtunerinfo.com site for a slew of tunas <$500 that will slay the md-102. ;~)

doug s.
Kora Hermes 24/192 Dac, I also have a Magnum D. 102 tuner but the Kora just slays the tuner as good as it is, its also commercial free!Very synergistic with my amplification and speakers -dynamics,stage depth, width,height and steller seperation.Really one of my best purchases to date.T.W.