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Are you too old to be an audiophile?

DISCLAIMER: This is not meant to be offensive in anyway, just something I've always been curious about and thought it would make for some interesting responses.

One of the things about audiophiles I've always wondered is how they reconcile their age, and the scientific fact that their hearing isn't what it used to be, with their belief they can can hear all the nuances of high end gear, and even the cables. As we age we lose our ability to hear mainly in the higher frequencies. You know that high pitched sound older CRT televisions and some recessed lighting can make? No? Neither do my parents.
Thoughts?
farjamed
cwlondon
1,198 posts
 


Who cares about the sound or the music, anyway!

I just like expensive and exotic electronic devices and reading and writing about them.

Cheers,
dan_ed
2,451 posts
 
I don't think you ever get too old to tell someone else what they listen to sucks. Isn't that the real audiophile hobby? ;-)
tmsorosk
1,013 posts
 
There is alot more to audio and music than hearing that last one or two Kh . As you get older you learn how to appreciate things that you couldn't when you were younger . My hearing may be down a bit but my enjoyment and love of music is up ten fold .
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
the hobby is about what one buys, not what one hears. you don't have to be an audiophile to be passionate about music.
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rudolphls
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I am a 58 y/o audiophile, have poor hearing, always have, yet I enjoy my system. When I hear someone sit down and play a piano or any instrument, that is my base line hearing of what a real piano sounds like to me.

Now when I listen to different stereo equipment, cables, tubes, I can hear differences (soundstage, depth, imaging, coloration, etc...) I can tell what equipment, doing A/B comparison, sounds the most like my base line hearing of a real piano. Isn't that what itÂ’s all about?
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