Man, am i losing my hearing?

Isn't it amazing that if you can't/don't hear what your gf mumbles she gives you crap...but if you mumble something yourself...it better be something good like "I have the best girlfriend in the world and I'm gonna spend all my money on her"...because no matter how softly you say it...or how far out of earshot you think she is...she'll hear it.

Then she will claim that all stereos sound the same

go figure

good to have ya back

There is a heriditary hearing loss that starts in the late 20s. Your hearing curve starts to get bathtub shaped. And for some reason, most of the loss is concentrated where the female voice happens to be. This also makes forward treble in speakers sound B-A-D, because you have a lower midrange compared to the highs and lows. A tube amp will sound better to you than solid state. There is nothing you can do aboout it, unlike loss of hearing due to loud noises...

Wait until your 50.
It does have it's pluses.
Like when the Mrs. tries talking to me.
Huh?Wha??
Bigbry

Ah, horsepower does corrupt the soul! I remember when I had the SS tricked all out, man she could fly. Those were the good ol' days 4 sure. My next door neighbor has a V-12 Ferrari and a V-12 Maserati, man they are like being in a rocket ship, gives a new meaning to the words zoom, zoom, zoom. Luckily I have a family member gold shield to use for those tender times in need. Put your hands where I can see them and get out of the car!

Fly high my friend but keep a low profile.

As for the new girlie, as the saying goes, make love, not war my friend, because who the hell cares what she is saying!

Happy Listening and all.

Glad to have you back here Slappy. You said you were in the military. Did you have anything to do with morter shells or rocket launchers? These can have a drastic effect on hearing. I knew someone that was in the military and fired morter shells--lots of them. Whenever he talked to people he used a very loud voice. If you didn't speak loudly back to him he would ask you to repeat it. My guess is his hearing was about 30% as sensitive as most other people in their mid 30s.

Another interesting thing I've found out about myself has to do with excercise. If I don't excercise my hearing, particularly high frequency falls off. If I get into a very strong and disciplined regimin for a few weeks--my system actually sounds a bit shrill to me. Has anyone else every experienced this? When I first discovered it I thought I was losing my hearing, and found out it was because I had not kept up with a good workout routine. As soon as I got back to a good routine my hearing went back to what it was. Since then, I've actually tried to see if I can reproduce the effect, and oddly enough I can, but also realize a certain portion of that is psychoacoustics (or me just being plain nuts--but aren't we all a little bit in this hobby).