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? 

mendef

Showing 1 response by knotscott

This doesn’t directly answer your question. At 63 I’m certain that my hearing isn’t as good as it once was, but I’m also fairly certain that I’m better at recognizing problems areas within a system. I’m a more experience and more patient listener than I once was too. Hearing is a sense, but listening is a skill, and it can be honed with practice and experience. Even if I can’t hear above 10K, the vast majority of music occurs within a range that I can hear.

While I’ve done nothing to my system intentionally to make up for any hearing loss, I have gone after several minor knit picks over the years by trusting my ears, and now have what I feel is better sound across the board.