After weeks of carefully listening while setting up my new speakers, (critical listening) Now I spend most of the time reading while I listen. Sometimes, I’ll listen with my eyes closed and try to pick out locations of voices and instruments, so I guess that’s critical listening. But as an example, when the Eagles Hell Freezes Over album came out I started listening to it and stopped dead when California started. I cranked up the volume and started the song again. I listened to it 4-5 times taking in every nuance of the song before I listened to the rest of the album.
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.