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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.

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devinplombier
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i know for myself personally i find the deepest most meaningful feedback about where my system is from non-critical listening.....where i am just listening without any specific agenda. it’s when the full wonder of the music seems to happen

As far as I am concerned, @mikelavigne nailed it.

I don’t trust anything I think I hear when I focus on gear and system. I take mental notes, just in case, but sound quality insights aren’t real until they bubble to the surface at the detour of a piece of music I particularly enjoy, when my mind is lost a world away from equipment. If they do, when they do, then I know I can trust them.

 

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