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Easily the best and most significant sonic tweak one could ever make!

Well hearing aids of course (if you need them and many don’t realize they do). I was diagnosed with asymmetrical hearing loss in my right ear over a year ago at only age 52. Entirely in the upper frequency. (As hearing loss per my ENT is almost always symmetrical, the protocol for this unusual diagnosis is a MRI brain scan to rule out a tumor; thank God everything was normal there).

Anyway, while expensive (partially covered by Insurance in most plans in the States), the different listening to music is in absolute terms startling. The proverbial veil is wayyyyy lifted particularly on lyrics but really the whole presentation is improved from the midrange thru to the top registers.

Keep this in mind before upgrading your electronics or speakers and perhaps instead upgrade the most critical precision instrument....your ears! I share this and if it helps one member on here, well that would be really great.
aj523
clio
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@aj523 

I would appreciate a PM as well.  Very good suggestions/comments.

Larry

sokogear
1,097 posts
 
I wouldn't call it a tweak. Hope mine doesn't degrade proportionally with my age. I know highest frequency audibility is reduced with age with everyone, just like vision of small print, but those lucky enough to only need the occasional reading glasses with hearing capacity similarly can avoid hearing aids. I would prefer not to change the real sound if I don't have to. If you need it though, it's good to know it's out there and improving.

I once had an equalizer in my system a long time ago, and I can't tell you how much the sound improved when I disconnected it.
wyoboy
264 posts
 
@sokogear--ain't that the truth--i leave mine in the system so the bars and pretty lights show up and dance, but it's not in the sound signal loop
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delpi
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I agree!  After a lifetime of virtually no hearing in my left ear, (Measels at age 2) I needed hearing assist in my right ear.  I got fitted for a right aid, and a cross aid for the left ear.  The cross sends sound to the right via radio frequency.  High frequencies have returned, and I now have the addition of the left as never before!  Don't ever neglect this upgrade!!
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redphu72
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OMG I thought I was wasting my money in this hobby as I have tinnitus.  Just realized this last year.  I’ve always thought the ringing was normal.  Turns out my dad like to put me on his motorcycle growing up in Vietnam.  Thanks for sharing and making me feel like I’m not alone.  You guys are the best. 
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