After discovering this forum a few weeks ago & reading up on different topics a question has come to me that would have never come up without reading about some actual Audio science & what we hear.
I'm looking for some real world knowledge/opinions on my situation. I can finally afford what I think will be a big step up, currently running a large Yamaha AV amp, Paradigm towers, center & sub. which all sounded pretty darn good 8 years ago when I bought it, movies always better than music but it worked. We moved and now system sounds kinda muddy & weak for music. I figured it's the room & did DSP correction which helped but still not great. Gotta be the gear right ? I have a 5K budget for music only gear really like Marantz amp & JBL L82's or L100's.
I have some hearing loss in high freq. I can still hear all the high notes on all instruments but some digital high sounds like kitchen timers or movie sound track effects I simply can't hear them anymore.
I never considered my hearing loss to be a reason my old gear just doesn't sound like I remember it.
My question is maybe it's not my gear & maybe dropping 5K on quality gear would be stupid what do you guys think ?
Spend the money (YOLO) or buy some earbuds & call it day ?
Background in live sound & played in a LOUD rock band for years probably some of reason for the hearing loss. I love music and hate headphones/earbuds.
Thanks for your time
I'm looking for some real world knowledge/opinions on my situation. I can finally afford what I think will be a big step up, currently running a large Yamaha AV amp, Paradigm towers, center & sub. which all sounded pretty darn good 8 years ago when I bought it, movies always better than music but it worked. We moved and now system sounds kinda muddy & weak for music. I figured it's the room & did DSP correction which helped but still not great. Gotta be the gear right ? I have a 5K budget for music only gear really like Marantz amp & JBL L82's or L100's.
I have some hearing loss in high freq. I can still hear all the high notes on all instruments but some digital high sounds like kitchen timers or movie sound track effects I simply can't hear them anymore.
I never considered my hearing loss to be a reason my old gear just doesn't sound like I remember it.
My question is maybe it's not my gear & maybe dropping 5K on quality gear would be stupid what do you guys think ?
Spend the money (YOLO) or buy some earbuds & call it day ?
Background in live sound & played in a LOUD rock band for years probably some of reason for the hearing loss. I love music and hate headphones/earbuds.
Thanks for your time