I have tinnitus and have also lost a significant amount of hearing in my left ear over the past year. I find that I am focused less on soundstaging these days than I used to be, but still can focus on timbre, correct frequency response and musical nuance and performance. So I do find that better equipment still makes a difference in those areas and is worth it to me. My hearing aid helps in ordinary conversation, etc., but can't really replicate what I used to be able to hear when listening to my system. I suggest that you focus more on the music than the system at this point, your system still can bring you great enjoyment.
Anyone with tinnitus or hearing loss who is into "high-end" audio?
Over the last few years I have developed tinnitus and also have some hearing issues. I am a long time music and audio fanatic. Years ago I built my own Hafler amp. Before that I had a great AR system. Presently, I have, what I believe, is a pretty nice system in a dedicated listening room (about 60,000.00). My question is if there are others of you out there in similar situations concerning your hearing issues as they relate to your love and reproduction of great sounding music? What are your experiences? Have you found anything that helps and do you have any advice? I would venture to say that we all experience some degree of hearing loss, or hearing anomalies as we age...whether we realize it or not. Thanks, Jim