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It is difficult to pick only one "favorite" when there is such a wonderful variety of enjoyable music available. I voted for classical, but if it's good music, I listen to it.

Symphonic pieces with brass. Also organ works and Latin choirs.

Mostly alternative, cyberpunk, some straight-up rock.

In order of appearance: techno, alternative, rap, reggae, blues, classical, classic R&R.

Classical first & foremost, opera close second, and jazz a rather distant third.

Choose one? I can

i listen to mostly top 40 which granted isn't of high caliber but i like the music. a listener can't possibly limit oneself by listening to only one kind of music varity is required.

The music that gets most playing time on my system is pop music and especialy " When ever you call " from Mariah Carey .

After going through miles and miles of paper in the day, it's Miles (Davis) again at night---the way to unwind, to face the next day.

Led Zep, Jeff Beck, Stanley Clarke, Pink Floyd

Questions of this form are not very useful. One's favorite cuisine may be Chinese, but one would sure hate to eat it three times a day, seven days a week.

Western (as opposed to country), Vintage Swing, & Western Swing.

My listening consists of mainly 50`s R n B, 60`s soul, and various types of rock.

In the Netherlands, folk music is at the moment becoming more and more popular, even among audiophiles. The reason why I choose folk music is because it is so natural. My favorite artists are Christy Moore, Luka Bloom, Barry Moore, the John Wright Band, etc.

Whatever floats your boat!

Rock is my Grisham, while classical is my Melville, the former to be consumed without a great deal of thought, the latter to be savored and lingered over.

I listen to rock the most, pop coming second, although I am starting to branch out. Classical (to the disgust of my younger brother) and jazz CDs are starting to show up on my shelf. And there are good, and lousy, recordings in all genres.

I've got "big ears," but American Classical Music gets most of my time.

The only problem with pop music is that there are rarely good recordings of it. Can't wait for more MoFi Original Masters re-releases of GnR. (Do you consider that pop music?)

And since my daughter is a violinist, I get to hear "live vs. recorded" every day!

Predominantly chamber music. Maybe when I get into a room where I can move my speakers out, I'll prefer symphonic.

I wish the question had been set up more along the lines of "What percentage of the time do you listen to {some type} of music?" Mostly I listen to classical now, but that's only been for about the last four or five years. If you've got a good system, it seems silly to limit yourself to one kind of music. Like billions of others, I started out as a kid listening to rock&roll. Period. Now I still like rock, but also space music and old blues, but, oddly enough, jazz has never really pushed my buttons, although I've bought some jazz CDs trying to find something I like. One interesting effect: as my system got better, I found I listened to less rock on it. I honestly get more emotional response to rock tunes on my crappy factory-stock Blazer car stereo. I think the gross audible blunders in that system let me just enjoy the music.

I vote rock & roll because that is what is most represented in my collection.

I'm glad you didn't list rap as a music form.

primarily jazz with a touch of 70's rock

We need more jazz reviews---wake up, guys, plenty of us with killer systems are bored to tears with the reviews of some classsical piece published for the 52nd time. Music is alive!

Chinese opera is quite good too!

With sufficient concentration span, won't anybody enjoy classical music.

Limiting me to one vote is rather restrictive. A percentage of genre would be more reasonable. I generally do about 40% classical, 40% jazz, 10% soft rock and 10% other.

classical music will endure long after all other forms of music have been replaced and disappear.