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How to listen to the music and stop bouncing listening focus around (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Lewisham@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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I got my first kilobuck headphones with Focal Clears. Love them. Excellent.

BUT

I am finding it hard to actually listen to the music. What I find myself doing is bouncing my focus around listening to individual pieces and going "wow I can pick this out when I couldn't before!" However, this is both exhausting and stops me hearing my music at all.

It feels kind of like when you go to IMAX the first few times and your eyes are just constantly bouncing around until you realize the way to do it is just relax your eyes into the middle and stop worrying about the periphery. However, I just can't seem to figure out how to relax into my music.

Does anyone have any advice?

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[–] CranberrySchnapps@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Spend a lot of time with them to help the novelty of the new experience wear off.

I’d suggest finding a comfortable position where you can rest & close your eyes… a lounge chair or just lay on your bed. Helps to have something to block out light too like a washcloth or folded up shirt. Then just relax and experience the music. Keep a volume knob within reach in case a track comes across as too loud or soft. But, the key is just relax. Don’t try to pick apart the track or single out an instrument… just relax.

It sounds ridiculous, but this is genuinely a skill that we’ve started to lose to our phones. So, trying it may be frustrating at first.