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

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.

Next stop Boomboxville! 🚂 Toot! Toot! What’s the diff, McGriff?

The vast majority of older members? You mean the ones over 80? 🤫 

I heard through the grapevine Lizzie can hear a mouse fart at twenty paces.