close-eared

English

Adjective

close-eared (comparative more close-eared, superlative most close-eared)

1. Alternative form of closed-eared (“reluctant or unwilling to listen to new styles of music; uninterested in listening to others”).
   • 1992 June 22, Joe Hellerstein, “Stanley Crouch on Miles Davis (was Tony Williams Interview)”, in rec.music.bluenote‎ (Usenet):

     I don't think I'm being close-minded (close-eared?). I'm just trying to get at the bottom of why Miles' later stuff doesn't work for me.

   • 2001 November 14, Gabe Nahshon, “Mackie 1402VLZ”, in alt.audio.pro.live-sound‎ (Usenet):

     Let's just say that people on both sides of the Mackie isle get a little thick headed and close-eared at times.

   • 2003 January 31, T. Nguyen, “About Randall”, in alt.politics.democrat‎ (Usenet):

     I hope your^[sic] not on that band wagon of close minded, close eared, and close eyed people.

   • 2004 February 19, Wondering Fool, “does Vince suck or what?!?”, in rec.music.gdead‎ (Usenet):

     Well it depends. Listen to Vince on many "Days Between" and that's stuff Brent' never came close to. And anybody who says Vince has no talent is just being close eared.

   • 2004 August 29, LawsonE, “Why doesn't Kerry mention his book "The new soldier"?”, in alt.meditation.transcendental‎ (Usenet):

     That's enough for some. People get all tense and close-eared at the thought that their favorite candidate (from either party) is less than perfect, or that the people attacking the other side might be less than perfect also.

2. Synonym of closed-back (“completely covering the ears”).
   • 1999 December 20, Balt4house, “Playing DVD Movies In Flight - Your Experiences?”, in rec.travel.air‎ (Usenet):

     Ok, I need to amend my previous post about headphones. There are a pair of sony's^[sic] offered that retail for around $60. They are NOT close-eared (i.e. do not cover the whole ear). These were the one's^[sic] I tried and hated.

   • 1999 December 25, urfos, “MARTA and radios”, in atl.general‎ (Usenet):

     Better yet, bring your own music and headphones. I prefer the close-eared type.

   • 2001 February 9, beethovenjunior, “High isolation headphones?”, in rec.music.makers.percussion‎ (Usenet):

     My friend gave me a pair of Sony MDR-CD180 headphones that are close-eared (completely cover your outer ear). They're not professional headphones, but they get the job done.