when your hearing is not as good as it was . . .

I'm 68, and too much loud live rock contributed to what they call mild-to-moderate hearing loss. So.

What will no longer make a difference in terms of my components? What can I sacrifice, because I can no longer hear it?

Will Bluetooth sound the same from my DAC vs going through my preamp for example?

Can I hear the diff between a tube (Freya) and solid state preamp?

Can anyone share their experience and if they've done anything to their systems?

mendef12-11-2023 4:18am

jbuhl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 900 posts 12-11-2023 at 10:40pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I am 65 and suffer audiometric notch ,aka "noise notch". Listening with hearing aids sucks. and I have moderate priced and expensive (widex & oticon). One of the things that is significant is cupping my hands behind my ears. Its amazing how effective this is. Obviously this is impractical. But I have often thought about fashioning some contraption like this: https://www.amazon.com/Dixie-Hear-Cups-Non-Electric-Amplifier/dp/B0794FGGN8/ref=sr_1_5?crid=YA68UTS438YK&keywords=cups+for+ears+hearing+loss&qid=1702334288&sprefix=cups+for+ears+hearing+loss%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-5 Update: I just ordered the cups off the Amazons , couldn’t pass it up they were so cheap.