In Reply to: "Critical" listening: a one-way ticket to the funny farm? posted by tinear on January 9, 2015 at 11:06:21:
When listening to music becomes too often "critical" then I want a new hobby. With job stress and parenting I have no desire to get wound up over my stereo system these days.
That said, when I am auditioning components, or trying new DSP crossover settings or voicing a DIY speaker, I think I am surely doing "critical listening". I am using very familiar test tracks as a sort of "test stimuli" (i.e. using music to listen to equipment instead of using equipment to listen to music.)
That said, I still enjoy playing my most often used "test tracks" in a "non-critical" environment for the sheer joy of hearing such impeccably recorded music. They're not used to "test" systems for nothing, these tracks!
Cheers,
Presto
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- RE: "Critical" listening: a one-way ticket to the funny farm? - Presto 13:19:51 01/09/15 (0)