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Ask HN: What do you listen to while hacking?

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After slipping on my Sennheiser HD598's and turning on some Venetian Snares on Spotify, I started to wonder: What are other developers out there listening to while they write some code?

1. Do you wear headphones/earbuds, if so, what kind? Sennheiser HD598 Open-Air Headphones

2. Do you use speakers, if so, what kind? When I don't have headphones on I use Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 speakers.

3. What genre(s) of music do you listen to? I listen to everything indie, electronic, classic rock, hip-hop. But I generally prefer instrumental music, or music with minimal lyrics.

4. Do you have a hacking playlist on Spotify? No. But maybe we should start a collaborative Hacker News playlist?!

This is a great topic for a thread!

1. I do wear headphones. I need a headset with a mic. My current set is a pair of Sennheiser PC310 but I long for the PC 363D.

2. Never with speakers

3. Everything, and I mean that. I generally go for something without any vocals when I'm trying to concentrate. When I'm really in to something I reach for something electronic. Trance or deep house or drum and bass. Quite often it's Hybrid actually.

5. No playlists -spotify is not available inmy location. I do sometimes reach for DJ Bolivia's "music to code by" series: http://djbolivia.blogspot.ca/2011/04/music-to-code-by-volume...

Thanks for sharing! That playlist looks great!

Not sure why more people didn't want to get in on this discussion. I'm sure its probably been brought up before.

I always wear my earphones. Nothing special there, just the ones i got when i bought my iPhone.

I listen to this playlist a lot. http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Few+Rock+Songs/81912164

Spotify is not in India and i like Grooveshark a lot. Also, on my mac, i use Shinygroove desktop app for Grooveshark which makes it easier for me to use the Media keys. http://ktkaushik.com/post/45445419529/shinygroove-a-lovely-m...

I don't listen to anything. I like that more than listening to music.

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