Do you listen intently?

When listening to LP's or CD's, listen intently. When streaming (most of the time), very casually.

What a question!

If I am not listening intently, it usually means that I am not in the same room as the system and speakers.  

I live in an older apartment (pre-war) in Queens. No big, combined open spaces like you see on cable.  Lots of walls.  So, I could literally be changing a litter box in the kitchen, while the music is playing in the second bedroom turned den ... down a couple of hallways, off to the right ... you get the idea.  

As a semi crippled senior citizen who gets around with a vertical walker and cane, I am pretty active.  But when I do sit down, I am pretty much planted.  If I am in front of my main stereo, I am typically listening intently, at most reading a magazine.   In front of the stereo in the den, I have to force myself to listen intently.  There is always a laptop to my left, which seems to have a home directly on my chest.  I could be half listening to a pod cast, while the stereo is on.  Would not be the first time that the large screen TV and stereo are competing with each other.  

Maybe it's better when I don't focus on music as much, because I find fault with perfectly well performing equipment.  YouTube is such a distraction, thank God

Intent listening - 30%; everything else - 70%.

Rich  

Every time I turn the system on it’s for intense listening, at least, that’s the plan.. My wife and adult son are the X factor as sometimes (let’s be honest, too often), they don’t agree with my ritual, and they both dislike live level sound. So, I rush to enjoy deep focused listening, eyes closed, when they aren’t home. That happens a few hours a week, as we all leave the house to work .  But, early morning, after they’ve left for work,  I get a hour or two. Days off for me are nirvana. Evenings, the choicest time to listen is unfortunately my least available (unless alone).  I’m grateful I get as much as do though, and that my wife endures the pretty massive collection of equipment and vinyl/CDs I’ve stuffed in our home in the past 20 years .

The vast majority of my listening is done while watching sports. Football, golf, tennis, hockey, basketball & sometimes baseball. 
Last night I was watching Michigan (my home state), beat UConn while listening to an Elton John Qobuz playlist. So my attention wavers. Full attention during commercials. I usually end the evening unwinding with some music only smooth jazz.  

Sometimes I listen intently to the music, sometimes the sound, sometimes to both at the same time, especially when the volume is up loud enough to hear.