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Listening and reference practices Critical listening is positioned as a producible skill. The issue gives concrete exercises—A/B referencing, spectral subtraction tests, and monitoring checks across multiple systems—to develop an ear for balance, frequency masking, and perceived loudness. To understand the "Extra Quality" phenomenon, we must

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