Difference Maker!

That's a good reminder. Probably the best tweak over anything.

A visit to the ENT for a hearing test is even better. You may be surprised by how well you think your hearing is or isn't. 

Asked Doctor to check my ears on last visit. Said they were good-to-go.

You can get ear cleaning kits at any local drugstore.  They work well for me.  Any way you do it keeping ears clean should be tweak #1. 

Also....take your glasses off....they resonate and color the sound.

Yeah, I got an earwax removal several years ago.  It was amazing how trebly everything became.

I usually just squirt some WD-40 in there. 

Unfortunately for me, I had my ears professionally cleaned and then had a hearing test. I can’t hear much if anything over 8K. The Audiologist told me it is quite normal for a 67 year old man. I had noticed the treble wasn’t as prominent as it used to be and now I know why.  I was wondering why the Focal speakers my friend had with the BE tweeters didn’t  feel like an ice pick in my ears. For the time being, a 2db treble boost on the preamp seems to have helped quite a bit until I research a audiophile approved hearing aid. It took me 50+ years to finally get my dream system, only to be held back by hearing loss. Life is not very fair!

i have been very careful with my ears the past 30 years or so but when in my teens and early 20’s, I went to many Rock concerts where I was sitting close to the speakers and my ears would be ringing for days afterwards. If I knew then this would happen, I would have been more careful. I have no one to blame but myself😥

stereo5 -

I think you speak for many when you say "It took me 50+ years to finally get my dream system, only to be held back by hearing loss. Life is not very fair!". So true. If I could only hear the system I have now with the hearing I had in my youth. I too am missing out on the higher end of the spectrum sometimes leaving me doubting my equipment.

I too look back and think how I should have done things differently. Well, I'm stuck with what I have and now will just make the most of it (hearing protection when needed, no more high-volume listening, keeping my ears cleaned).

Thanks for your response. I hope some of the younger crowd takes notice...





 

The obvious solution is to be born with Benjamin Button's disease. The one where you're born a wizened old baby and then get younger as you get older so that when you're 70 you're 20. Unfortunately only one case so far, and with rumors of CGI involvement you never know.

"I can’t hear much if anything over 8K"

You have great hearing. Mine fades past 7khz, along with RAGING tinnitus. Things are just a little challenging, but the music sounds the same. 

Hearing aids before I go deaf, are in my future.

I had mine cleaned for a factory job (?)
I was on a scoot, 20 mile ride. Not advisable without earplugs. I know I lost some hearing that day.

Your MD can clean your ears with water syringe.You will think Oh my God I can hear again.Some people have more wax build up then others .

Millercarbon - I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, that's funny!

once I had my ears cleaned, I could tell the difference between power cords...

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