Advice on how to liquidate system


Few weeks ago, I sustained traumatic blast induced hearing loss during a training incident. The level of hearing loss and tinnitus is pretty bad, I’ve had only a minimal level of improvement. midrange and upper frequencies sound like a 1970’s transistor radio. Horrible. The reality of the situation is looking like my audiophile days are pretty much over. Now I’m thinking of what to do with the gear…the thought of dismantling my rig and selling piece by piece is nauseating. Are there any resources that would come in and take it all? At this point I really don’t give a crap about being lowballed, it’s aggravating to look at what Ive put so much time and effort into and not be able to enjoy it. I need to move on.  

 

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@simao 

It’s extremely frustrating to the point of anger. Sitting down and listening after a long day at work was my daily routine. I find that it’s best to avoid it for the time being. I’m praying that at headphones might be an option at some point. I tested the waters with iPod pro’s and it’s out of the question for now. 

@kb54 

After the incident went straight to the doc, as I thought I had ruptured my ear drum (thankfully not the case) then went to a ENT and Audiologist for a battery of tests. I have more testing to undergo. The audiologist was straight up and said the level of loss i sustained was significant. Time will tell I guess.

@dweller 

Yeah man, that’s all pending. A flash-bang detonated right near my head during on the job training (ear pro wasn’t mandated). 
 

@vonhelmholtz 

check your messages when your free!

Seriously, thank you all for the encouragement, I truly appreciate it 🙏

@erik_squires

Erik thanks. I’m open to all solutions, what’s going on here is multifaceted. midrange and upper frequencies sound static and harsh. My right ear sounds like there’s a fax machine in it and the left ear sounds like Im wearing a 30db earplug.
I’m using a coupe of tinnitus apps to mitigate the fax machine going off 24/7 in my head and I’m bio-hacking with magnesium / NAC / ginko for what it’s worth…collectively it offers some relief.

Wow! Thank you all for your thoughts and words of encouragement. I don’t know where this situation will land legally so I don’t want to go too far into the weeds but yes, I’m LEO. I’m also a ritualistic individual. sitting down to late night listening after a long tour has been an integral component of my daily routine. As we all know, It’s an extremely effective method of decompression. What pings my frustration is I’m in a studio so staring at this rig that I put so much into is unavoidable. Nevertheless, I’ll push past it. For the time being, you guys have convinced me to hold off on the fire sale…thanks for that.