Hi,
I new to posting here but have purchased from Audigon in the past as well as recently. I am currently 'demoing' Oticon vs Widex to see which I prefer. I have severe tinnitus, sounds like white noise with a high frequency all the time, it only varies in volume. I've had this for years. At some point I stopped listening to music, which I love, because it wasn't enjoyable. Sold all my 2 channel gear. Decided I would just stick with HT for movie watching. When I decided to get tested, I was shocked at the results. I hear low volume fine, at about 10db. It continues to decline sharply at 1K and goes straight to 90db at 8k. This is profound hearing loss, exactly the same in both ears. I grew up in NE swimming and diving in very cold water...this may have something to do with it.
This is what I've found so far and it's only been a few days. First, my gear is not audiophile level so be clear and I don't pretend it is. However when I put my Original Master (purchased many years ago) of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, I was in shock. Understand it's just a Rega turntable played through a Marantz SR6013 to G.E. Triton 5's with a JL Dominion d-108 but for me it was a wonderful experience. What we used to call headroom, lowest lows to highest highs was opened up for me again. There was sound staging that I hadn't heard ever on this setup. I still have a California Audio CD player that I purchased here and have had extensive work done to it so that it's like new thinking it would improve the sound. It didn't but it was because of my hearing. So I also played Holly Cole - I can see clearly now - WOW, just beautiful.
For me the hearing aids have opened everything up for me. Does it mean I will go back to try getting the perfect sound. Well, I'm retired now so budgets and other expenses will most likely prevent it but a little upgrade here and there may be available to me through the pre-owned path.
I new to posting here but have purchased from Audigon in the past as well as recently. I am currently 'demoing' Oticon vs Widex to see which I prefer. I have severe tinnitus, sounds like white noise with a high frequency all the time, it only varies in volume. I've had this for years. At some point I stopped listening to music, which I love, because it wasn't enjoyable. Sold all my 2 channel gear. Decided I would just stick with HT for movie watching. When I decided to get tested, I was shocked at the results. I hear low volume fine, at about 10db. It continues to decline sharply at 1K and goes straight to 90db at 8k. This is profound hearing loss, exactly the same in both ears. I grew up in NE swimming and diving in very cold water...this may have something to do with it.
This is what I've found so far and it's only been a few days. First, my gear is not audiophile level so be clear and I don't pretend it is. However when I put my Original Master (purchased many years ago) of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, I was in shock. Understand it's just a Rega turntable played through a Marantz SR6013 to G.E. Triton 5's with a JL Dominion d-108 but for me it was a wonderful experience. What we used to call headroom, lowest lows to highest highs was opened up for me again. There was sound staging that I hadn't heard ever on this setup. I still have a California Audio CD player that I purchased here and have had extensive work done to it so that it's like new thinking it would improve the sound. It didn't but it was because of my hearing. So I also played Holly Cole - I can see clearly now - WOW, just beautiful.
For me the hearing aids have opened everything up for me. Does it mean I will go back to try getting the perfect sound. Well, I'm retired now so budgets and other expenses will most likely prevent it but a little upgrade here and there may be available to me through the pre-owned path.