I have monitor audio bronze 100 speakers and a svs pb1000. So while a person with age related hearing loss will not hear all that a person with keen hearing will hear, the older person's relative enjoyment of certain music will improve by more as he goes from a mass market system to a highly resolving system. Surely, my speakers just needed a bit of tweaking, right Or maybe my ears were just tired after a long day of careful listening But as time went on, the truth became harder to ignore than a blown speaker at full volume The measurements used in this study showed that the thresholds of older listeners were generally higher than those of younger listeners
However, the difference was not so large as might be expected in relation to the degraded audiograms of older listeners. There’s a balance to be had Enjoy those highs, but always keep an ear out for your health Following the advice and humorous exchanges within this subreddit leads to a greater overall understanding of the delicate dance audiophiles have with music and their ears. While younger people can acclimate to the amplitude or volume of sound relatively quickly, older people do not acclimate to that sound Instead, they remain sensitive to the loud volumes.
You might not hear everything with damaged hearing, but you're still going to hear some of it and the quality still matters. For audiophiles, losing those high frequencies can be especially frustrating as it means losing the ‘sparkle’ of the music I’ve talked to many audiophiles who found this so frustrating that they nearly gave up on their hobby altogether.
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