hearing loss and amp choices

I only had the luck to had a dedicated room, and i coould not afford any piece of gear or any costly acoustic product...

 These bad circonstances with low income, unbeknownst to me at this time, was my luck...

I read basic acoustic and psycho-acoustic principles... I experimented with them day by day for 2 years, and 6 months intensively, because i am retired...

 The result  is ugly because i used junk to create my devices and it is not perfect...

But it gave me an understanding about what really matter in audiophile experience, and it is not the gear ALONE...It is the mechanical, electrical and acoustical embeddings control of the system...

Thats all...

My Sansui AU 7700 is not the best amplifier, especially compared to some design of today...

But it is certainly , if we take into account all his functions and versatility, and his organic sound one of the best deal quality/price ratio on the market...It is a mytrh for this reason...

I dont bought it by chance, i read everything for years...my luck was discovering one   10 streets  from my house at low price...

😁😊

Try some simple experiment listening in the corner you use for music, you will be surprized...

Most people are afraid to experiment because they are afraid to be wrong or experiment something with is not perfect... Trust your earseven in their present states or health status... It is you who will listen music on your system/room....But it is an ingoing process... There is no perfection in my system/room, only satisfaction at low cost with no urge to upgrade at all.... My 8 headphones dont compete, then it is enough for me...

I wish you the best...

i will be 71 years old in few weeks...

Probably my hearing is not what i had younger... 😁😊

Nevermind, i tuned my room by ears...( 100 Helmholtz resonators) And younger i would not have been able to do it because of a lack of attention and lack of confidence in myself...

Dont mind about any lost of hearing, especially if it is not a big one loss...

People who feel that sound impressions are only figure out by measured Hertz frequencies capabilities test are ignorant...

The brain like say bigtwin is the organ of perception about the sound not only the ears isolated from him:

I’ve lived all my adult life with about 50% hearing loss in my right ear. Scar tissue from chronic ear aches as a child. My brain doesn’t recognize the loss.

And anyway music is certainly not just sound...

Remember that some people with full hearing are unable to figure out this truth at all...

From some cars passing in our streets we know by experience that some people really think that music is perceived by the body mainly, especially bass frequencies... They are not wrong at all but.... 😁😊

«We hear meaning and dont call that an illusion»-Anonymus audiologist playing violin

For sure you are also right...

It is relative to the specific individual and the level of impairment...

And hearing aids with an acoustically tuned room by the user himself and for himself  with his hearing aids in place  will be optimal...

Curtdr is absolutely correct! I have fairly compromised hearing that happens to everyone in my family. The biggest improvement in my system was a pair of Oticon hearing aids. I have no idea why so many are so reluctant and advocate trying to tune your system to your hearing loss. What a waste of time and money.Hearing aids are programmable and your hearing will probably change over time. It pains me to see these threads when the answer is so obvious, just try it!

I will not repeat this excellent advice from ghdprentice....I will only add this...

If you own a dedicated room work with basic acoustic/psycho-acoustic principle...This work marvel for me...Use your "impaired" ears to tune the room for what you are able to hear yourself and enjoy about timbre and imaging ...

My best wish for you in this journey....

Appreciate of music through a high end system has little to do with the details of your actually hearing specs unless they are severely compromised. Yours are not. Ignore it.

My hearing has always been compromised compared to my partner… most of us are… females have better hearing. I have taken her to most major auditions of equipment over the decades… she always had an opinion… “that sounds better… that hurts my ears.” But she always differs to my deep knowledge of the details and differences.

The only thing you need is a balance control. Forget about the measurements, work towards a system that makes you happy.