How good is your hearing ? And how do you know ?


Sometimes I have a big laugh when reading this forum. There are clearly people whose hearing is, shall I say, very special. So why buy good stuff ?
inna
Thank you! Yes it is a special gift Hearing sh*t drop a mile away, no problem.  Horses, dogs, cats, pigeons, spiders, mosquitoes. I can hear it all.drop.                                                                   
On the topic, I have to say limited 'anything' does not mean one should climb into bed and give up. Use what you have and make of it whatever you wish to. Including High End, Hearing issues or not.
Anyone trying to tell someone who has limited hearing or some peculiar hearing problem they cannot do xx or buy ABC is EVIL.************************************************************************ 
I (sadly) bought a item (from Audiogon, but I could go pick it up) I really wanted from a fellow who caved in to the Wife, since he said his hearing is going, so 'he' (actually somebody ELSE decided for him) into giving up the system. It clearly was breaking his heart. The fools who convinced him to give it up 'because', well I hope rot in Hell. I was in no position to try to convince him otherwise..Do you go up to someone who is handicapped or disabled in some other way... and tell them: Why try, just toss it in,? I sure hope not.
I suspect the vast majority of the older members on this forum will struggle to better 13k hearing tbh, no shame in that at all.
And does it mean I enjoy my system and music any less?
Heck no!
And does it mean I cannot tell Schiit ( sorry could not resist!) from Gryphon?
Heck no!


My hearing is terrible and my left ear is worse than my right. The way that I can tell is by listening to music, but if I take my key ring and shake it by my right ear, and then my left, the compromise is quite evident.

Good gear would be wasted on me and my sorry ass hearing, and I typically play mono LPs and 78s, so I don’t bother with it.
Two approaches: one - the worse the hearing the better equipment needed, another - the opposite.
And yet another approach - better equipment without paying any attention to the above.