If you have no reason to ditch iTunes, that might convince you

[Speed Daemon]

What a pity that they skimped with the phono cartridge!

I've spent more hours listening to Quad amps and loudspeakers (and of course the LP12) than any other high-end playback system. Ken Christianson of Victor's Stereo, and later (and still) Pro Musica in Chicago was also a serious hobbyist at making recordings of acoustic music performances.

Sure, there were plenty of records that sounded great with nothing else to compare them to. But when Ken plugged in his modded Revox open-reel deck and played some of his recordings, the difference was readily apparent.

I consider myself exceedingly fortunate to have had people like Ken and Victor mentoring me back then. And thanks to people like Sam Tellig when he was the "Audio Cheapskate" at Stereophile magazine, I was able to own some pretty decent gear at prices that I could afford.

 

[dibblebill]

I normally only grab physical CD's when I can, but some stuff is really hard to find, especially in progressive rock, in the southeast US.

I buy exclusively from AMazon MP3 and Google Play when I can't get it in-store or delivered, becaues its all DRM-free MP3 (even if it does have the purchaser identifier tags)

 

[2 Phonez]

I get craploads of iTunes vouchers for presents so I just keep using iTunes for that reason. I do wish I could play iTunes movies on Android though.

 

[Davdi]

Actual CDs for preference, Amazon, Google , EMusic, 7digital for DRM-free downloads.
Sadly no decent HiFi anymore, but a decent0ish Altec Lansing 2.1 set on my PC. It can shake the house with Organ music - Stainer's Crucifixion (And there was Darkness over the face of the earth) when the 32' pipes kick in.

 

[mikedt]

CDs of the music I like are unavailable here, no paid on-line music stores either. So free music from music.baidu.com it is. 320kbps MP3, and a 2.1 speaker set plugged into the laptop.