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Advice on how to liquidate system

Few weeks ago, I sustained traumatic blast induced hearing loss during a training incident. The level of hearing loss and tinnitus is pretty bad, I’ve had only a minimal level of improvement. midrange and upper frequencies sound like a 1970’s transistor radio. Horrible. The reality of the situation is looking like my audiophile days are pretty much over. Now I’m thinking of what to do with the gear…the thought of dismantling my rig and selling piece by piece is nauseating. Are there any resources that would come in and take it all? At this point I really don’t give a crap about being lowballed, it’s aggravating to look at what Ive put so much time and effort into and not be able to enjoy it. I need to move on.  

 

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ditusa
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@jl1ny,

Maybe this could be of some help. See article below:

Mike

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_conduction

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r042wal
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I have about $50k invested in HAM radio equipment and my HAM shack is state of the art.  I could talk almost anywhere in the world.

I got diagnosed with tongue cancer two years ago and they had to remove part of my tongue then graft on some muscle from my forearm.  This has greatly affected my speech and it could take up to 5 years.  I am difficult to understand on the air or phone.

My first inclination was to go out and sell everything.  I came to my senses, remained optimistic and let it collect dust for now. 

Like sever members have already suggested, give it some time and don't sell.  Doctors don't always have the correct answers as I've discovered.

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ozzy62
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This is what a community is all about. A member has an issue and everyone is eager to offer insight and assistance. Very refreshing.

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whart
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I’d hold off before you jump. Judging by your user name, you are in NY? SkyFi through Dave Wasserman (ex-Stereo Exchange) buys high end, but there are all kinds of things you can do to try and recover some of your hearing. I’m really big on integrative medicine, which combines traditional western stuff with wacky Eastern snake oil. It has helped me through a few medical issues.

Are you LEO? Why were you close to a flash bang? Nasty stuff.

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liamowen
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I have nominal hearing loss in one ear and much more significant hearing loss in the other ear.  With the addition of hearing correction (expensive hearing aids), I could hear the music more clearly but it lost most of it's passion / live quality while wearing hearing aids.  And now, since I wear the hearing aids most of the time, it takes about an hour for my ears to adjust to listening to music without them.  But, then the music sounds better.

The best thing for me right now are headphones (Focal Utopia and Burson headphone amp/dac for serious listening and Grado GS1E for connecting to the laptop.

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