Liu Chu-wei, professor of music at the National Institute of Arts, believes that while classical music can be enjoyed as simple background music, listening properly requires rationality and thought, and "cannot be 'stress-free.'"
誠如國立藝術學院音樂系教授劉岠渭指出，固然可以把古典音樂當成背景音樂來欣賞，但是聆聽古典音樂，更需要理性的思考，「不會是『沒有壓力』的事」，他指出。