Victim of the loudness war?

[mixsit]

Yeah, this whole war is really pissing me off. Just got some new CDs that I'm really into as of late, and tried listening to them through headphones the other night. I didn't make it through half of one of them. Back when I was a pink floyd nut, I'd spend night after night 'exploring' dark side of the moon thru the cans, which is probably what hooked me on recording to begin with, but these new releases are killing me! It sounded like I was listening to AM radio via internet streaming through ipod buds... total vibe kill.
Glen, I hear you on the 'studying' vs. 'pleasure' with new stuff. 'cept I'm only 20

Exploring. You've hit on a good term for it. That aspect or mode of listening where on delving into a piece, from one point in time to the next, or with each new pass, something or some combining of elements is revealed in a different light.
To me it infers (or applies more) to where there is a certain amount of depth to be found in a track to begin with.

Somehow time spent in the joy of exploring, discovery ..vs if everything is already shoved in my face loud..
..don't compute.