Tinnitus sufferer: is it the speakers or the 24bits/192kHz


I have tinitus and have had it for 30+ years.  There is no cure and I know the best way to handle it is to ignore it.  But lately my tinnitus has been going off the scale.  The "lately" seems to have coincided with streaming Qobuz Hi-Res and listening on a PS Audio DirectStream DAC and pulling my Magnepan 1.6 out of storage.  Now I have been known to play too loud on "A" song- but by and large the volume is down to where I could easily speak to somone in the room.

I have thought about maybe changing to to Harbeth, Dyn, Sonus Faber or other speakers more focused on midrange.  But have also wondered if it is the high quality of sound that I am listening to that is perhaps stimulating my very high pitch ringing?

So, any fellow tinnitus folks out there with an opinion on this? 
mocktender

Showing 1 response by liamowen

My left ear is ringing right now, as I type this.  I have had tinnitus in my left ear for several years now, and the best treatment is to accept that it's there.  Otherwise, it can be crazymaking.

Like the doctor posted earlier in this string-- go to an audiologist-- please.  You didn't specify if you have tinnitus in both ears, or just one.  But, a hearing test will reveal a lot, and will give your ENT doc info about your condition-- as he did with mine.  Much like everything else in the "practice of medicine" a lot of this testing is done to rule things out.  In my case, my hearing test caused the need for a CT brain scan, but it came back with no issues in my brain or ear canal.  That's important because nodes can grow on your inner ear nerves, and the can be benign or malignant-- and they generally have to take a part of your skull out to get to the nerve.  So, it's a lot like brain surgery-- as in serious.

Meanwhile, I listen to CJ tube amps and a CJ tube preamp and an Oppo 105D with Modwright (several tubes) through Egglestonworks speakers.  This combination nearly always makes me either forget that I have tinnitus, or actually makes the ringing go away-- which makes me listen to music for several hours at a time on a regular basis.

Hope this helps.