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RE: Bilateral Hearing Loss (Long)

I had fluid in my right ear, went to and ENT and had the right eardrum pierced to remove fluid. Haven't been the same since, this of course happened when I got the opportunity to have my first dedicated area for listening built over a decade ago.

I feel your pain, I don't have the best hearing myself, at one point it was 20% above normal. Sometimes I wonder if all this equipment is worth it. I do have a little bluetooth speaker I use for my laptop, I sometimes get more enjoyment out of that than sitting in the big room with all the equipment fired up and wonder if all the high end stuff was all just excess debauchery as I get older.

I think it is about the music, knowing your system in the profile and talking to you over in speaker asylum and knowing you have the same speakers as me it kind of sucks hearing that from you as well. If you enjoyed before why not now? Because you know that you just can't hear the details? Can you get enjoyment out of it the way it is? If not I would downsize and perhaps use the savings elsewhere. However don't do anything that would make you regret it. Even if completely deaf I would keep my main system, it is that important to me. Perhaps being shocked by measurements, this time of your own ears freaked you out?

I wouldn't worry about it really. I'm still on a quest for that perfect loudspeaker myself, I don't think there is one, maybe the Ref 4 or whatever it will be called.


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