Lost all hearing in one ear, is it worth upgrading speakers?

Also, you might try pointing the existing speakers back at the wall and going for a wider more expansive soundstage - think 901 but with much better quality. If you preamp has a mono , phase and reverse switch. I would also experiment a bit w that functionality.
you might also try more corner loading - trading spatial cues ( from reflection) for more bass output....

So sorry.

I can understand and appreciate your situation.

My right ear - I can hear my wrist watch ticking if I take it off from across the room. I actually have to take it off when listening to music with quiet passages because I can hear it. 

My left ear - I could shove it into my ear and not a sound can be heard.

I do not have complete loss, but there is a constant ringing and some frequencies are completely  lost on me.

Not the same as your complete loss, I know

FWIW, I have found its even more crucial to have "better" sounding speakers and anything that has any kind of "fatiguing" quality to the sound becomes completely unbearable.

I have to request seats on a plane in front of the engines on longer flights as I find the noise far too annoying. Some frequencies...

It obvious, I know, but the only way you will know if its worth it to you, is if you audition whatever you are planning on getting in your own space.

Don't think the loss of hearing in one ear should negate you getting as much enjoyment as possible from listening to music with your one good ear.

Quick question. I know I have a really hard time finding my cell if it is ringing, as it is difficult to specifically locate where the sound is coming from. Is this the same for you? I have some sense of direction of sound i.e. from/rear and left/right but it is seriously diminished.

Again, very sorry for your loss. 

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I have a hearing imbalance that bothers me when I just listen to music. But when I smoke a pipe while listening, I can just relax and enjoy the music (and the pipe).

I woke up one day dizzy, my ears badly congested, and suddenly I had lost most of my hearing. I soon recovered the hearing in my left ear, but the hearing in my right ear didn’t improve after several days. To top it off, I now had tinnitus in that bad ear. I went to an older E.N.T., and he diagnosed me with meniere’s disease, saying there was nothing anyone could do about it—just wait and hope it cures itself. I was pretty upset, to say the least. My wife posted my condition on Facebook, looking for any ideas, and we were contacted by a friend of hers who worked for an audiologist at Vanderbilt. She said that there WAS something I could do to get help, but there is only about a ten day window, and after that, it’s too late. I was at day 11 or so, so I rushed in for the treatment, a steroid shot, and luckily regained much of my hearing almost immediately. The tinnitus stayed, unfortunately, but I now had about 75% of my hearing back in my bad ear. The upshot? I learned you always get another opinion; avoid old, unmotivated doctors with outdated ideas; and never curse Facebook again. Thanks to Vanderbilt Med Center, I can still enjoy high-end audio. I feel for anyone who has lost their hearing as I almost did. Sad to hear your story. Good luck. And go mono.

Sorry to hear it.

I hope it helps to know that David Pack, a terrific musician and successful record producer, is deaf on one side.  Good luck to you in coping.

A good opportunity to think about how precious our hearing is.  I just returned from a weekend in Nashville.  Attended a Dan Tyminski concert in the Cavern (site of Bluegrass Underground, for those who are familiar) and the average sound pressures, according to Decibel X were 110 dB, with peaks considerably higher.  Not just ear-splitting loud, the sound also sucked, essentially just thunderous bass guitar and drum, saw-tooth waves.

Later, walking Broadway and looking for good live music, we were unable to find any place that was tolerable (I.e. not hazardous).  One bar was so loud I got 110db readings outside on the sidewalk, 15 feet from the door.

Infections and idiopathic hearing are bad enough.  At least I can try to avoid voluntary exposure to dangerous sounds.