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Hi-Fi Choice  |  May 18, 2022  |  0 comments
Our pick of the pops for RSD's second drop
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Oct 31, 2018  |  0 comments
Music buyers’ craving for vinyl is insatiable across every genre, but horror movie soundtrack collectors have never been better served. Public-service labels such as One Way Static, Mondo, Waxwork Records, Blackest Rainbow, Silva Screen and Death Waltz continue to raid the movie crypts, emerging into the light with dusty reels of scores from the sixties, seventies and beyond – some forgotten; others legendary; many previously unreleased; increasing numbers seminal. To put the current cream of the crop into context, we need to go back to the beginning…
Hi-Fi Choice  |  May 21, 2019  |  0 comments
Would you subscribe to a streaming service dedicated to classical music?
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Sep 19, 2019  |  0 comments
Where do you buy your CDs?
Online
41% (173 votes)
High street record stores
9% (37 votes)
Charity shops
7% (28 votes)
Online plus high street stores/shops
25% (106 votes)
I no longer buy CDs
19% (83 votes)
Total votes: 427
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Oct 03, 2019  |  0 comments
What's your favourite way to discover new music?
Radio
15% (34 votes)
Streaming services
54% (121 votes)
Magazine reviews
16% (36 votes)
Record stores
4% (9 votes)
Youtube
9% (21 votes)
Live events
2% (5 votes)
Total votes: 226
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jan 07, 2020  |  1 comments
As music sales top their highest level since 2006, what’s your preferred format for buying new music?
CD
43% (248 votes)
Download
22% (129 votes)
Vinyl
35% (204 votes)
Cassette
0% (2 votes)
Total votes: 583
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jun 12, 2020  |  0 comments
What's your favourite type of music to listen to?
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Feb 25, 2021  |  0 comments
What is your favourite style of music to listen to on your setup?
Blues
6% (68 votes)
Classical
18% (225 votes)
Electronic
12% (150 votes)
Folk
3% (35 votes)
Jazz
29% (356 votes)
Pop
5% (65 votes)
Rock
24% (299 votes)
Soul
2% (30 votes)
Total votes: 1228
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Apr 22, 2021  |  0 comments
Will you be participating in Record Store Day 2021?
Yes, it's important to support your local record store
43% (217 votes)
No, I don't buy vinyl
30% (150 votes)
No, it's a con
14% (70 votes)
No, I stream my music
12% (62 votes)
Total votes: 499
Hi-Fi Choice  |  May 20, 2021  |  0 comments
How many vinyl records do you own?
Less than 100
15% (232 votes)
100 to 500
30% (460 votes)
500 to 1,000
16% (250 votes)
More than 1,000
21% (321 votes)
None
18% (276 votes)
Total votes: 1539
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jul 15, 2021  |  0 comments
Did you take part in Record Store Day this year?
Yes, I spent up to £50
11% (40 votes)
Yes, I spent between £50 and £100
9% (34 votes)
Yes, I spent £100-£150
4% (14 votes)
Yes I spent £150-£200
1% (2 votes)
Yes, I spent more than £200
6% (21 votes)
No, I don't buy vinyl
44% (157 votes)
No, I think it's a con
25% (91 votes)
Total votes: 359
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Aug 18, 2021  |  0 comments
What's your favourite music streaming service?
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Nov 07, 2022  |  0 comments
What's your preferred format for buying new music?
Vinyl
33% (413 votes)
Compact Disc
45% (569 votes)
Downloads
20% (253 votes)
Cassette
0% (4 votes)
Reel-to-reel tape
1% (13 votes)
Total votes: 1252
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jun 12, 2023  |  0 comments
When was the best decade for music?
Fifties
1% (6 votes)
Sixties
23% (137 votes)
Seventies
51% (308 votes)
Eighties
19% (118 votes)
Nineties
6% (34 votes)
Noughties onwards
1% (5 votes)
Total votes: 608
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Oct 20, 2023  |  0 comments
How do you clean your records?
Regularly with a dedicated Record Cleaning Machine
37% (99 votes)
Every time I play them, with a dedicated cloth
36% (96 votes)
Now and again, with a cloth
13% (36 votes)
I just give them a quick blow and rub with my t-shirt
3% (8 votes)
Never, I let the cart collect the dust and then clean that
11% (29 votes)
Total votes: 268

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