How do you listen to music?
Posted by: Noopz on 19 November 2007
As the questions says really:
- Sit down and listen to music - your main focus being on listening to the music and nothing else
- Listen to music in the background/whilst doing something else
I think most people here do the first. I'm guilty of the second- right now i'm listening whilst typing this on my laptop.
I find it hard to concentrate on just listening to music- there are only a few albums I can do that to. What's more is that the room has to be dark!
How do you do yours?
Posted on: 24 November 2007 by ClaudeP
I don't always read when I'm listening to music, but I always listen to music when I'm reading.
Claude
Posted on: 24 November 2007 by naim_nymph
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Originally posted by Chillkram:
You can't disagree (respectfully)! - I'm describing how I feel about it. You can say that you feel differently. I can't disagree with that!
Point taken! I am sorry but i'm sure i could disagree with that on four days of the month!
But i'll tell you what, you carry on sitting there in your favourite armchair (with remote control in hand) enjoying your emmersive listening experience, and i'll go to the fridge and pour you a cold beer ; )
nymph
Posted on: 24 November 2007 by Chillkram
quote:
Originally posted by naim_nymph:
(with remote control in hand)
Not me! I'm all vinyl and NAC72. No remote controls here!
The beer sounds good, though!
Posted on: 25 November 2007 by u5227470736789439
That made me smile! Thanks Mark and Nymph!
I reckon we all listen to each piece of music, with its individual style, quite differently. At a Party I listen the the Music and Dance, ... , and at a Funeral I listen quite differently!
ATB from George
Posted on: 27 November 2007 by Steve O
My main system is in a dedicated room so listening to that demands full on attention, usually late at night with the lights out (for CD) or seriously dimmed (for vinyl - I need an inkling of where the tonearm lever is!).
However I love background (or louder) music too. I hate to sit in the house in silence, though the sound of silence in nature can be glorious.
regards,
Steve O.
Posted on: 27 November 2007 by Earwicker
At the moment - because I'm studying for a diploma in archeology - I often HAVE to read while I listen to music. It p!sses me off though, I miss just sitting and listening of an evening.
I go through phases where I listen to lots of new recordings, and then "comfort" phases when I stick to a handful of favourites. The "comfort music" goes through phases too: at the moment it's Parsifal, but I tend to turn to certain of Beethoven's works for solace too; not the Hammerklavier, obviously! I often listen to quite religious works for comfort - e.g. the St Matthew Passion and Parsifal - even though I'm completely atheist. How strange is that?!
System - a wonderful pre-amp and monoblocs made by someone whose name I durst not mention, with Vienna Acoustics Haydns. Source is a PC.
EW
