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I'm done chasing the illusion

CraigVMN said:
There's also a fair of amount of resentment towards my wife, as I believe she is partially to blame for the tinnitus. Years ago she won tickets to see The Cranberries play in a small venue in Minneapolis.
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I've always worn earplugs at amplified rock concerts. Love Delores but have zero interest in earbleeding levels.
 
CraigVMN said:
The critical listening bit came in as I was trying (in vain) to see if the setup was somehow overcoming the deficiencies in my hearing. I believe what I need to do now is accept my hearing as is, and move on from there. I also have to alter my expectations.
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What does your ENT Doc have to say about hearing aids for you?
 
CRG said:
What station is that, if you don’t mind me asking?
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I'm not the original poster, but I will give you my NPR station:. WRTI, Philadelphia (Temple University.) Classical/jazz I in 12 hour components. Streaming gives 24 hours of either.
 
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Kybronco said:
Its so funny I was just about to post a question about chasing a sound from my first and best stereo. I bought it when I was 18 and sold it when I was 20. Now I’m 62 and am chasing that sound and I am wondering if it’s just a ghost in my memory that I will never find? Anyway it looks by all these posts that we all are chasing something which is funny in a way and depressing at the same time. Happy trails everyone I hope we all find what we are looking for !
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If you are chasing a sound you heard 42 years ago, yes you are probably chasing a ghost. At the very least, we tend to forget the negatives over time so you may have a biased recollection of it. I think we all have that though, most of us here fondly recall our first systems. I have personally just deliberately allowed myself to have evolving tastes.
 
JoeESP9 said:
What does your ENT Doc have to say about hearing aids for you?
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Never asked. It would have to get much worse for me to even consider it. To me, a hearing aid is akin to contacts - not something I would do willingly. The thought of having something in my ear canal makes my skin crawl.
 
Personally I recall my first system from well over 55 + yrs ago and I thought I was pretty accurate in my assessment so much so that I got that whole system again a few yrs back.I was somewhat off in my past memory but not that far off.It was kind of nice to see and hear the differences from what I remembered but not bad at all:)
 
n8dogg said:
If you are chasing a sound you heard 42 years ago, yes you are probably chasing a ghost. At the very least, we tend to forget the negatives over time so you may have a biased recollection of it. I think we all have that though, most of us here fondly recall our first systems. I have personally just deliberately allowed myself to have evolving tastes.
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I still have all my first system, I thought most people did, 2325, AR-5's, Thorens table. Am I rare? BTW: it was the best system on the dorm floor, we used it for a lot of parties, full blast for hours.
 
I'm sure this was covered, but I discovered early on, how important the room acoustics are for both high fidelity listening, and live sound. I just relearned this again, after getting my "dorm room" era system back up and functioning very well. It was sounding great in our living room. I moved it all to our cabin on the river. Too many hard surfaces. I recall now the cabin was less flattering 40 years ago too. And it reminded me no amount of great gear, speakers, subs, etc, can independently offset a challenging room. SO - once you have good gear and you know it, its now time to invest in an engineered listening room that will enable your system. It might just be thoughtful treatments and re-arranging furniture in your designated room, or it might include adding on, or re-purposing another space?
 
Bander said:
I'm sure this was covered, but I discovered early on, how important the room acoustics are for both high fidelity listening, and live sound. I just relearned this again, after getting my "dorm room" era system back up and functioning very well. It was sounding great in our living room. I moved it all to our cabin on the river. Too many hard surfaces. I recall now the cabin was less flattering 40 years ago too. And it reminded me no amount of great gear, speakers, subs, etc, can independently offset a challenging room. SO - once you have good gear and you know it, its now time to invest in an engineered listening room that will enable your system. It might just be thoughtful treatments and re-arranging furniture in your designated room, or it might include adding on, or re-purposing another space?
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Tweaking a room is easy with stuff most people already own... like curtains.
 
CraigVMN said:
Never asked. It would have to get much worse for me to even consider it. To me, a hearing aid is akin to contacts - not something I would do willingly. The thought of having something in my ear canal makes my skin crawl.
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I guess you don't ever use IEM's (ear buds). I'm not a big fan of them myself. In fact I'm not really into headphones except when absolutely necessary. However, for OTG listening I'm rather fond of my Monoprice M-300 IEM planars driven by an AGPTek Rocker 2 playing only FLAC files.

Having a hearing deficiency is a problem I would deal with in the most sensible way possible. If that meant acquiring hearing aids, they would be at the top of my buy list.

As I've posted before and will most likely post again. Using anything but hearing aids to correct a hearing deficiency is IMO trying to solve a problem by treating the symptoms rather than fixing the actual problem.

Sure, you can use any and all manner of equalization to make music sound right to you on your system. Then, the real question is, what do you do about the rest of life?

FWIW: I wear bifocals. I've tried contact lenses and find them to be distracting and irritating. I wouldn't hesitate to use hearing aids if my Doctor suggested them.
 
Hyfi said:
Ever see Buddy Guy Live? My wife was smart enough to wear cotton, my ears rang for 4 days.
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Not familiar with him.

I learned my lesson in '74 when I went to a Chicago concert. I was close to the front near one of the speaker towers. Ears rang for a couple of days.

Other than a couple of free business related concerts, I haven't paid to attend an amplified concert in thirty years. Seems counter productive that you must wear ear plugs to enjoy the music without damaging your hearing!
 
I get the impression that the OP is not looking for solutions or alternatives. Rather he is done with this hobby for the time being, and this is more of a statement of intention. Makes sense that if satisfaction is not possible then step away for a bit and see what happens. This does not have to be a lifelong hobby, and perhaps it has just run its course. There are a ton of people who enjoy music with a streaming device and bluetooth speakers. That may be all that is needed. If at a later date the interest is there then return, sometimes its just an absence that is all that is needed.

Cheers
Mister Pig
 
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