[Nils Jacob Holt Hanssen]

I hardly ever use a personal stereo (earphones/earplugs) when listening. Like Thor, when I’m in public places I want to get both the visual and aural input of my surroundings in full. Maybe I’m suffering from some kind of aural FOMO 😉 . And the sound quality usually isn’t that great either. At least not with earplugs, but of course bona-fide earphones are much better. But they’re more to carry around.

So basically all my listening is done either at the stereo at home, or in my car. I got a new car about a year ago, and it’s got a spectacular sound system. And in the car, you don’t need to mind the volume, as there are no neighbors to worry about.

Also, when I work from home doing some not too concentration-heavy tasks, I sometimes listen to some (also not too concentration-demanding) music on a good-sounding Bluetooth stereo radio (with no bosses or coworkers around to tell me to stop 🙂 ).

[Thor Joachim Haga]

But have you kept your walkman, Nils?

[Malte Müller]

Like Thor, when I’m in public places I want to get both the visual and aural input of my surroundings in full.

I need that as well. Quite important with all the traffic and such. While I do have a car that is the only place I listen to classic radio actually. It’s not new, I inherited it, so it is not new and the sound system is okay. I also mostly listen at home. Somehow I always had a preference to listen via headphones because I feel more like diving into the music then.

[Jon Aanensen]

I still have a walkman. It’s the only place I can play my tapes. It doesn’t happen often though.

[Graham Watt]

I only listen to music at home, and when I’m sitting down. I’ve never tried listening to music when out walking, or on a train. So many other sounds and sights to keep me amused. I like austerity. I wish I had shared some cheese with Ingmar Bergman in his bare kitchen.

[Thor Joachim Haga]

That’s some image! By the way, Graham, your attention is wanted in Dr. Jacoby’s 70s religious jazz score thread on page 2.

[Nils Jacob Holt Hanssen]

But have you kept your walkman, Nils?

I have, yes. My Discman, too (which I think I used once or twice 😮).

[Thor Joachim Haga]

Nice! And leather-bound too. Cheeky.

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