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View Poll Results: How do you listen to your digitized music? Headphones or Speakers?
Headphones 6 31.58%
Speakers 13 68.42%
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How you you listen to your digitized music? Headphones or speakers? I'm partial to headphones.



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Speakers for me. I know you usually get better sound out of headphones, but for some reason I find the exclusion of ambient sounds to be uncomfortable.


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Like Mac, I too prefer to listen to my music through the speakers especially for the bass, but there are times when (at night) I wanna listen to my music without disturbing anyone, so I can put on the headphones, lay back, relax and crank it up if I want to.


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Mostly I listen with speakers during the day when I'm doing other things, but if I want to really listen closely, or I don't want to disturb others, then headphones definately make it a more 'intense' experience (have to watch out for the volume so you don't damage your hearing, though)


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I voted for speakers, cuz technically for "digitized music" thats what i use...
A pair of 15" FOH Mid range spkeakers..

But for recording, i use headphones, a pair of seinhouser (sp) something or others.


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Speakers...by Dell...came with the PC...subwoofer is ok...eh..they work!


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I have to say that I'm a critical listener. I mean, I DO listen to much of my music on speakers, but I love being critical with the mix and panning schemes. To me, headphones are tools, but I get a ton of enjoyment out of listening that way.


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I listen through my surround sound. Nothin' like taking a rock or metal song and blastin that baby through a 1000W system! =)

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Speakers, I want bass through the subwoofer. Headphones remove that.
Though I do use headphones at night, or when listening things through for details.


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I listen with headphones- I've got a nice set of professional studio cans that are amazingly clear.


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I usually listen through speakers, even though compared to the headphones I use they might as well be tin cans on a string.

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SPEAKERS , thru a suround sound system, lots of bass

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Headphones for me... most of the time anyway. Interesting that speakers are winning out in this poll... I thought it would have been headphones for sure.

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Speakers get the vote here, headphones can be a bit too immersive for everyday use. We nearly always got music playing somewhere in the house - beats switching on the TV!

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Headphones can be a bit too immersive for everyday use.
That's an excellent way of phrasing what I was trying to say.

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We nearly always got music playing somewhere in the house - beats switching on the TV!
You've got that right!!! Sorry to hear it's the same in the UK as it is here.....TV, by and large, is a brain-dead wasteland (IMO). Just about all I ever watch on the 'tube anymore is sporting events and some of the music channels.


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