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Man, am i losing my hearing?

I gotta get my hearing checked!

I swear i hear things as well as i used to, but as time goes on i feel i have a hard time distinguishing what is being said. Seems like i am having a hard time making sence of what i hear.

Ive recently started seeing a new girl, and i swear she mumbles from time to time. She has been giving me crap about it latley.

I'm only 28, my hearing was excellent back when i was in the military, but it has been a while since ive had a test.

Whats the point in spending thousands on a stereo system if you cannot distinguish the subtle nuances anymore?

AcK!

Anyways,

Havent talked to you all in a while, been too busy with the car and the new girlie. Looks like i might score a free 14lb Vortech Supercharger for the ol Mustang. Will have to redo the fuel hoses and fuel pump, and it will void my warranty, but an extra dyno'ed 184+ RWHP? Crap! That will put roughly 394-400 horses at the wheels!!!!!!
How could i turn that down? hell, i bet i could pull a low 12 second 1/4 mile in this altitude! maybe low 11's at sea level!

or maybe that is a bad idea? ROFL
slappy
tarsando
578 posts
 
To go along with what Rives said, even M16's can mess you up because they are so close to the ears. At least that seemed to be my experience..many many years ago. And as others have said,, wait till you hit or pass 50! Say what?
slappy OP
903 posts
 
ROFL you guys are great, its good to hear from you all again, i gotta get back on the audio wagon.
unsound
7,370 posts
 
Slappy,
May I suggest you get your hearing tested, take the blower and put it on after the warranty on the Mustang ends.
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driver
750 posts
 
Yeah, I have that problem too, as everybody in my family mumbles then says I'm going deaf. They say that just because I do some pro sound stuff but I can tell the difference if the singer sounds muddy & I need to boost 2.5k or 4k. Actually only one of them mumbles; the others just talk w/o looking at me. The analogy would be listening to your spkrs. when they're facing the wall instead of you.

Another example is the weather dudes talking about the upcoming TD heading this way. The first day they all said "Sydney" & it wasn't until they flashed the name on the screen I knew it was "Cindy". Doesn't matter, as I have cousins with each name. (So what does that mean?)

Anyway, it's a conspiracy, I tell ya, 'cause when I went to another channel, the weather dude made a point of enunciating "Cindy" and I had no trouble at all making it out. People mumble, talk too fast, don't use proper grammatical structure...doesn't have anything to do with listening to loud music, shooting off rounds or running cars w/open headers. (You are going to run open headers, no?)
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albertporter
4,949 posts
 
I was just on the phone with Nrchy and we were lamenting the fact that you were not posting as frequently at Audiogon.

Have fun with all your distractions. The girl, the car and the music.

As for your hearing, If your girl mumbles too much, "Snatch" that copy of "The Great Gatsby" away from her and give her your personalized "Moby Dick".

Prove you're a literary giant.
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