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Suggestions on improvement

 I'm 78 with age related  hearing decline.My current system which I do enjoy is comprised of a  Marantz CD cd 60006,Technics integrated SUG700,Canton stand mounted 9k reference speakers, and  two SVS SB1000 pro subs, Subs interconnects are SVS. Stand mounted are connected by marker cables on upper frequencies and monster cables Powerline 2 for mids and bass. 

Speakers are placed 8 ft apart the listening position is also 8 ft.The  room is untouchable,that is to say wife has fixed my location,hey no smirks, I know where my beard is buttered.The room has vaulted ceiling 14 ft(at sitting position),has one open sidewall,another is 3 ft behinds the speakers and is covered in  floor to ceiling drapes on a 9 ft wall,the third wall on one side is all glass (glass door and full length window next to it ) the final wall behind the sitting position has glass covered photos and prints.On The sides of each speaker are over stuffed chairs with a couch facing the speakers.Hanging plants are in all corners.The room has wall to wall carpeting. For domestic tranquility I can only subtract components so bass traps and alike are verboten. I listen Stones, Beatles, Who,female solos, symphonies,and jazz(sax oriented).

Are there any cheap tweeks to improve current system given the above, max budget $1000.However if can improve my sound by selling off apiece of gear and adding that revenue I'd do it, just don't know what I'd get off the sale. 

scott22

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asvjerry
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OP, as a fellow subject to aged hearing that also began with loud tools and loud...louder likely music as baggage...

Do you wear aids?

-or-

Would you accept an equalizer that had room correction abilities?

-or-

Both....like me?

...the ’rest of me’ is my own problem....*L* ;)

If traps won't fly, I suspect panels overhead won't get to either.....

An eq up to the task, 'reasonable' cables to knit it in, and a calibrated mic as it's 'ears'.....$1K ought to do it, shopping 'hard' for the sweet stuff if you must...😏

...and you can always 'tweak to taste'....;)

Mho.....If you're 'buttering your beard'.....either wasting it or not performing 'proper'....

My mustache?  Yes, Certainly..need not ask.

My beard?

Go to go in that latitude.....a visit to the Hills, perhaps.....

Anywhere Else?

....I trust y'all have That figured out by now.....🙄

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asvjerry
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......I don't drop mics...

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asvjerry
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@maxdukecapone & @samssa, granted aids that are worth a uck cost more than $1K....but I only posed the query "Do you....?"etc.

I can't and won't consider aids as 'strictly audio items' since in one's daily life they've got more functionality and sheer 'quality of existence' perks.

(...although my audiologist hinted strongly that I should have my spouses' ears tested, since she's 68....that 'goose/gander' thing....

That'll be a 'pleasant interlude', sure....)

TOL Phonak  '90's....RIC, 'ninja level' hearing....+/-.....B/T'd. so under headphones isn't really necessary....31 bands of eq if I opt for that sort of input....

Both spouse and self tire of me going "What?!" when she mumbles at the other end of a room, under the AC and beyond the fans.....

..and how you relate to your sig other is your own conundrum...

Imho and existence, @scott22 ought to get more 'bang/$' with room eq and aids if the latter exists or no....

Reluctance to swap stuff for potential nil value, room treatments off the table, limited budget, cable tweaks of high cost with a potential of limited 'value' to the situation....coupled with *sigh* the 'failures of the flesh' involved....

Yeah, yeah....I'm an outlier when it comes to things audio....

(I heard that....fu2)

I have a limited budget, F'd ears, a space that suks....so I focus on that which can work v. 'sky pie'....

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