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

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@emergingsoul , once you told us that back when you were in the 1st grade you were fascinated by clean power and how it affected your system and how you would sneak away at recess and go to the local audio-shops to evaluate the latest power conditioners.  What type of listening did you do when you were making these evaluations?

When I was younger, I never had the awareness to listen very very carefully however I was very mindful of how well music filled the room vs crappier systems which were disappointing.  

By 'younger', are you referring to your days in the first grade when you were checking out different power conditioners?