I'm not sure if this has been brought up in the past.Generally speaking children have excellent hearing.I know mine was so good virtually every sound startled me as a young kid.Then came the years listening to my sisters Blaupunkt stereo in her car before I was driving myself.This car stereo had lovely ear piercing highs which I'm sure took a bit off the top.When I first started work,I was introduced to my first proper blaster by a grocery night stocker.That KTO suffered some abuse as,at times, it ran at full volume with both tone controls maxxed out.Again a vicious attack of high frequencies factored in some more abuse to my hearing.Then I had an unfortunate experience with a Bose speaker which exploded in my left ear causing some imbalance on that side.Through the 90s I pretty much played it safe and stayed away from a lot of unnecessary noise.
Over the years I've noticed a gradual degrade in my left ear.One morning a few years back I awoke to find my left ear almost deaf! Very concerned (I'm sort of a symmetry freak),I rushed to the clinic to have it checked out.To my surprise the doctor told me it was almost totally blocked with wax! Now I understand the idea of cleaning out your ears.However,I'm a bit hesitant to go sticking Q-tips as far down as this build up had actually occurred.The nurse came in and blasted my ear with water until,all of a sudden,the wax broke and I could hear very well again!I have to wonder if the experience with the Bose speaker years ago somehow resulted in this problem with that ear.
If I had to grade my hearing I'd say it is above average to very good with a subtle imbalance the right being stronger.To be truthful I don't think the state of your hearing is very important when it comes to our hobby,so long as you can hear at all.No matter what the sensitivity of your ears you're going to hear a difference from box to box.You'll still be able to appreciate these differences.Also,there's so much more to appreciate in a boombox.In addition to the sound,each one has it's own style and unique hardware control interface (Actual switches for every function is so cool! ).There are some really awful sounding boxes I never even listen to.However,some of these I could literally stare at for hours for their beauty
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I know some here might not even really use their blaster all that much.Some of us are very busy and others collect for nostalgia purposes.Their appeal is very multifaceted to be sure.
As I said,sound is really only part of the equation,at least for me.Even so,how's your hearing at this point in your life?
Over the years I've noticed a gradual degrade in my left ear.One morning a few years back I awoke to find my left ear almost deaf! Very concerned (I'm sort of a symmetry freak),I rushed to the clinic to have it checked out.To my surprise the doctor told me it was almost totally blocked with wax! Now I understand the idea of cleaning out your ears.However,I'm a bit hesitant to go sticking Q-tips as far down as this build up had actually occurred.The nurse came in and blasted my ear with water until,all of a sudden,the wax broke and I could hear very well again!I have to wonder if the experience with the Bose speaker years ago somehow resulted in this problem with that ear.
If I had to grade my hearing I'd say it is above average to very good with a subtle imbalance the right being stronger.To be truthful I don't think the state of your hearing is very important when it comes to our hobby,so long as you can hear at all.No matter what the sensitivity of your ears you're going to hear a difference from box to box.You'll still be able to appreciate these differences.Also,there's so much more to appreciate in a boombox.In addition to the sound,each one has it's own style and unique hardware control interface (Actual switches for every function is so cool! ).There are some really awful sounding boxes I never even listen to.However,some of these I could literally stare at for hours for their beauty
.I know some here might not even really use their blaster all that much.Some of us are very busy and others collect for nostalgia purposes.Their appeal is very multifaceted to be sure.
As I said,sound is really only part of the equation,at least for me.Even so,how's your hearing at this point in your life?
