Behind her she heard Tanaka's slither and pause, carefully timed to sound random to any but the most discerning listener.

Mystery Train was yet another instant cult classic and a trusted music source for the discerning listener.

Meanwhile, Compass has cultivated an audience of discerning listeners, many of them baby boomers who listen to public radio and shop on the Internet.

The discerning listener may notice many details and a huge sound that marks the often quite unusual songs.

Even the most discerning listener could end up at wit's end trying to parse Suzanne Boyd's accent.

Some critics say that for discerning listeners, the watermark itself might adversely affect the quality of the music.

He draws huge gatherings of discerning listeners everywhere.

A discerning listener could almost hear the capital "F" if the word was spoken with the right intonation.

A minority of apparently more discerning listeners felt that Connotations was the right music for its time and place.

It is time that we recognized that audiences who come to hear the great composers are discerning listeners, not heathens.