The Ink Spot's Bill Kenny.

I listen to both! As far as I'm concerned, the singer's voice is every bit as important an instrument as any other.

CDs, cassette tapes, 33, 45 and 78 records. Every format of music has its advantages.

I don't believe modern country is even really country. Country and Rock have had a close relationship since the 50's, but remove the vocals from a modern country track and I really don't think there's a meaningful difference between the two anymore. Hank Williams would be disappointed.

I got one of those $100 6-in-1 wooden Victrola nostalgia boxes from Walmart about seven years ago and it's always been perfect. I'm not an audiophile by any means so a sound snob probably wouldn't like it, but I've run records, tapes and CDs on it every day for nearly a decade with no issues.

What kind of music do you listen to? In my experience, records produced after the 70's have a noticeable downgrade in general quality. Every new record I've ever bought skips right out of the store. Records older than the 70's seem to do fine, though. As much as I love records, I wouldn't recommend them to anyone listening to music from the 80's, 90's or later. Get a tape/CD player.

Never get a portable record player. It's a waste of money and it'll ruin your records.

I'm far from being old--totally correct on the singing along to New York, New York though. I think I've gotten close to ruining my car speakers with that one.

1. Frank Sinatra
2. Billie Holiday
3. The Beatles
4. Helen Forrest
5. Al Bowlly

It's really hard for me to pick favorites after #3 because I tend to love every artist I listen to uncritically.