speakers for listener with Tinnitus

I also have tinnitus and find headphone listening therapeutic, as long as I don't listen too loudly. It actually seems to lessen my tinnitus.

As for speakers, for years I was using a pair of Meadowlark Audio Kestrels. About a year ago though I bought a pair of Thiel CS1.6s at a great price. My original intention was to flip the Thiels as I feared the metal tweeter. Now although the 1.6s have more treble energy than the Kestrels, the treble is so clean it doesn't seem to irritate my tinnitus.

Using cloth tweeters was one of those "truths" I adhered to for years. Not any longer. Good luck.

Should say, with headphones I take the volume just to the point where it drowns out the tinnitus squeal. That's as loud as I go. It is more difficult to drown out the tinnitus when listening to speakers. Not sure why, it just seems way too loud with speakers if I'm past the tinnitus threshold.

What do you mean by that? Can you give an example of what happens when you irritate your tinnitus? For me, a little background noise helps. It "covers it up" enough to where I'm not too distracted to it.
Zd542

What do you mean by that? Can you give an example of what happens when you irritate your tinnitus? For me, a little background noise helps. It "covers it up" enough to where I'm not too distracted to it.
Zd542

When I listen to high frequency audio with noise or distortion it aggravates my tinnitus. A couple examples include, talking on a cell phone or watching tv with the volume too loud. I now only use my cell phone on speaker so I don't have it pressed to my ear. Not sure why, but the cell phone really bothers my ears.
The thing about the Thiel's metal tweeter is it is very clean, no distortion. My ear seems to be extremely sensitive too this noise.