A day in the life of an audiophile

I guess you are right. I frequently used go into the bedroom and clasp my hands over my ears because the offense of the old (though expensive when purchased) sound bar. We replaced it with an Sennheiser Amber… natural sound invoices. 
 

Iphone speaker phones used to drive me nuts. I now typically walk around much of the day with Apple noise cancelling EarPods in… often with nothing playing… just noise cancellation… leaf blowers, distant traffic. I guess the attention to sound does make one more sensitive to all the bad sound around us.

Iphone 13 pro max has got not a bad speaker, for a phone. I can listen to it when there is nothing else and I do, not very often.

@garebear Things seem kind of slow here lately. Just making conversation.

I get what you are saying. You may want to read up about the hearing condition known as hyperacusis. I could be their poster boy. Example: having to wear hearing attenuators or just basic ear plugs just to unload the dishwasher.

You gotta be able to tune things out and get your mind to prioritize what it pays attention to....