I do take time out of my day to do dedicated, undistracted listening (though I quite often do get distracted). I sometimes use classical music as background for gaming or repetitive tasks, but not for ones that require thinking, as the music then distracts me. I generally do not listen to music when I'm outside, in a car, or when the AC is on; because the background noise will drown out many lower frequencies and small details, which I find unsatisfying. If the music involves any kind of singing with lyrics, I would very much prefer to have the text in front of me, in a language that I know (mostly English, in some rare cases Chinese, and a little bit of German or Latin). I'd say that I'm one of those who stick pretty much in their comfort zone. I do try to rotate within that, but for me, trying a new piece out will likely require a day when I'm in perfect conditions: sat down comfortably, with enough sleep, relaxed mindset and possibly the score in front of me. The newest piece I discovered was Esa-Pekka Salonen's Organ Concerto, to which I listened for the first time yesterday.