My ears of tin are over 50


I read on Jim Smith's site that if you’re past 50, you can no longer hear well enough to really care about your sound quality.

That explains my ears of tin over the past few years, I guess. It sounds kind of sad really if this is true.
matchstikman

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I got MORE sensitive to bad sound at 50. I could not tolerate piercing highs, uncontrolled bass (especially midbass) and shouty, punchy midranges. Thus I needed to upgrade a lot. I can hear the differences between interconnects and power cables loud and clear, more than ever (maybe from experience, but it sure seems like my ears hear it). I really need those Stealth Indras now, unfortunately. So there.
Yep, Mapman, I am grateful that music is just as much fun as when I was a teenager, and better equipment makes it more so. (By the way, I also have a pair of Ohm Walsh 2s used for TV duty that I bought new 25 years ago still going strong. I thing the Ohms will long outlive me.)
Main system is EMM SE separates, Edge NL12.1, Harbeth SHL5s,
Stealth/Shunyata Cables.