With my ears. Sometimes with my toes but it’s not as enjoyable.

I use Spotify. I have some Anker Soundcore iP30 ear buds that I got for $25 through Costco. They work well enough. I was thinking about getting an MP3/DAP and managing my own library though. Spotify’s recommendations totally suck, but it’s so easy to access. However, as of late, I feel that infinite options actually limits my listening, because instead of enjoying it, I’m always looking to what’s next because it may be better.

Spotify, but considering switching back to piracy

Spotify. I know a lot of people here like having thier own collection cough arrr cough, but Spotify makes finding new music from pretty unknown artists too easy.

The weekly Monday and Friday playlists are too amazing

I had Spotify for years and years. Their recommendations got worse over time and i found myself listening to them less. And the. Almost not at all. So I cancelled. I’ve tried tidal and Deezer. Bandcamp has been ok for finding music sometimes. I’ve been checking cds out of the library more. Lots of damage to those that interferes. CD sound quality should be better than mp3. I’m considering making a physical media purchase every month or two and reducing streaming.

Navidrome is my goto. Even has apps for iOS and Android, not native though. Don’t ask me where all the mo3s on my server come from, they just appear there.

I used to listen to music, but now I only listen to podcasts.

Not sure why but I no longer feel like listening to music.

I stream my own collection (about 35K tracks) from my home laptop (at the moment) using mpd.
It’s available everywhere there’s internet 24/7.
It’s usually playing (at least in the background) whenever I’m awake.
I use tailscale to access remotely (phone/car/wherever).

In case that fails, everything is backed up and synced to the free ibroadcast.com plan.

Personal collection via Plex server and Plexamp either on desktop (speakers/headphones) or my phone (headphones/car stereo)

I actually originally misread this question as “How often do you listen to music” and so the answer to that is, based on my average tracks per year on Last.fm which is roughly around 10,000 per year, I average around 27 tracks a day, which I would guesstimate to be roughly about two hours a day.

Through a few community radio stations. I’ve long been a volunteer DJ for one in my region. Tune into the shows that I resonate with. Awesome to hear what some actual folks have curated for the week. Discover lots of new music that way and also through research into what I’d like to play on the next show.

In the highest quality available with an external USB DAC and studio monitors. Usually I listen to music alone; I don’t like blasting music on speakers unless I’m in my car.

I like to listen to albums. I learned a long time ago that the best tracks are usually not the singles, or if they are, it’s not really an artist I’ll listen to.

My process involves a PC with Arch Linux (btw), .flac files, Strawberry music player, a Fiio K5 Pro DAC, and Audio Technica ATH-M50x headphones.

Foobar9000 through iMac speakers, streaming from my NAS. Or using the cheap over ear Superlux headphones I got for listening experiences.

Using mpv, on ripped files from my large CD collection.