Aging ears and Nuances

Well ,I'm 73xand yes my hearing isn't great anymore.But these people who are listening to the music with head phones on are NUTS....I went to alot of concerts when I was younger back when you ,bought your tickets for show at stores that had tickets master...I would get middle center or front row...alot...Get my ears,blasted out.There take the NYC transit Subways...whi h are at times freaking loud.Then go home and put your headphones on and blast your hearing out again...these young people of today will really loose there hearing early...they always have head phones or ear plugs in...I say hello when I pass as I go walking .Alot if the time. .they don't hear you...come on....if you have headphones...Don't use them. People don't use them,thats really killing your hearing.

I have a great headphone system so I guess I'm nuts, and very happy to be that way.

But my amps are the kind with volume control and I do not have to play them at max volume.

I stick between 60 and 70 dB for speakers and for my headphones. 

Excellent quality hearing aids need not be extremely expensive, either. The ones they sell at Costco are the top-of-the-range models from the previous year, and are about $1500/pair. I used to get ones that cost $6000/pair, but my Jabra ones from Costco are at least as good as those. 

I feel I can still appreciate the nuances and I remain "picky" though very happy with my system(s)...though my sonic and musical preferences has changed somewhat...

@limomangus 

Certainly a good warning. Excellent thought. 

However, the volume on headphones and earbuds is adjustable. Blasting not required. I literally spent thousands of hours listening to headphones as a geologist in the '70s driving for eight or more hours a day, then traveling as an executive for decades and have not had my hearing damaged by them. Concerts were probably the worst. 

One nice feature of today's Apple products like ear buds and watch is they monitor noise and music levels and alert you to potentially damaging levels. A real positive. 

Good for you ghd....it's like walking...everyone has ear plugs or head phones on...I like just walk take in the sites and sounds....enjoy your walk don't make it a job or a chore.....that's my feeling....but yes loud concerts,then riding on the nyc subways....your friends would talk to you and your thinking....What,your ears are like dead....lol.take care my man....