Fools at 20 tend to be fools at 70! Fools grow more foolish just like wisdom (the domain of the Wiz - Frank Zappa) may improve with years.
The best bet is to shut your eyes. Open eyes stimulate the optic nerve and make the brain work. Easily seen on brain scans the visual stimulation takes a lot of brain activity and it confounds listening with the distractions. All the visual needs to be screened out if you want undisturbed audio signals for 'receivers' like your brain stem systems.
If we think about all the brouhaha about "buring in wires" on our stereos and just transfere those insights to your wires in your head. To close your eyes and shut off the vision work is like bi-amping your speakers.
The best bet is to shut your eyes. Open eyes stimulate the optic nerve and make the brain work. Easily seen on brain scans the visual stimulation takes a lot of brain activity and it confounds listening with the distractions. All the visual needs to be screened out if you want undisturbed audio signals for 'receivers' like your brain stem systems.
If we think about all the brouhaha about "buring in wires" on our stereos and just transfere those insights to your wires in your head. To close your eyes and shut off the vision work is like bi-amping your speakers.