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What exactly is critical listening? Who does it?

I'm supposed to listen to every single instrument within a mixture of instruments. And somehow evaluate every aspect of what I'm listening to and somehow all this is critical listening.

This is supposed to bring enjoyment?

I'm just listening for the Quality of what I'm listening to with all the instruments playing and how good they sound hopefully. 

And I'm tired of answering that I'm not a robot all the time. That's being critical.

emergingsoul
wolf_garcia
6,893 posts
 

Yeah...those damn tympany players need to be reigned in...the good news for me is there are close to zero of them in my normal listening...small jazz combos, shoe gaze banjo, mope metal, mope mope, no mope, etc. 

roadcykler
340 posts
 

It's trying to find perceived flaws to justify buying something more expensive in the quest for that "perfect"sound.

emergingsoul OP
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@musicfan2349 

Nice comment.  I guess when you reach a point your completely confident with your system you become less critical of it and just sit back and appreciate what you’re listening to knowing can’t get too much better, ie after allowing for recording quality which is always a wildcard.

I love your System with all the audio research and cj vintage stuff. smooth sounding I’m sure very nice for classical. Vintage stuff can be quite nice.

wolf_garcia
6,893 posts
 

I smoke some weed and the listening gets critical immediately. Highly recommended. (unintentional pun)

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tony1954
1,318 posts
 

@bolong 

Maybe you should change your name to "@bonglo"?

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