Did You Grow Up Listening to Music on Vinyl Records, Tapes, CDs, MP3s, or Streaming?

United States
March 9, 2026 7:31am CST
From toddler until about age 16-18 it was vinyl records. I enjoyed laying them out on the floor and looking at the album covers and reading the liner notes. Around 16-18 came 8-track tapes, but they were short-lived. Then in my 20's-30's it was cassette tapes. Fast forward to my 40's and 50's and it was CD's. Now it's all streaming. So I've had the whole evolution. Which did you grow up with? What is good and bad about each?
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (89080)
• United States
1h
Vinyl started my music journey and has evolved since to mostly I listen to music on Alexa.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (83721)
• United States
1h
Oh, I had 78s and 45s and 33s growing up. My first car had an 8-track player. Now I primarily use YouTube Music in the car and the iPod for exercising.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (114426)
• United States
1h
As a kid, it was cassette tapes, then it went to CDs in my teens and early 20s.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (204076)
• United States
4h
Vinyl records when I was young, then progressed to other things.
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Thelma
@thelme55 (78361)
• Germany
4h
Yes, I did. All of them and it was always great to have experienced them.
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