You know you're a critical listener when you have about twenty copies of the same album over different formats, re-masters etc.
Yes, listening to every little tiny difference in timbre, tone etc. brings me joy.
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.