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I'm an old fart too. Can't say I agree with your views on analog vs digital, but to be honest, sound quality is a moot point for me. Unfortunately, I've developed severe tinnitus in middle age and now suffer from profound deafness in one ear. The other still works, but seems I've got the common old age issue of having lost everything above 15kHz last I checked. Maybe worse by now. I can't even hear in stereo any more. Now when it comes to audio equipment, eye candy is more important to me. I do miss caring about sound quality and being able to hear stereo and surround sound, but nature can be cruel.

9-years between the start and complete deafness. I didn't see a Dr for the tinnitus alone as it wasn't that bad. About 8yrs later, my ear started feeling stuffed quite frequently, but I could still hear okay. Around year 9, one night I woke up with a vertigo attack so bad, couldn't hardly walk and the slightest bit of head movement made me nauseous. I realized at that time, the vertigo took my hearing with it, replacing it with much louder tinnitus that sounds like cicadas in August. Vertigo attacks were on and off for a week before I went to see the Dr. Was told it was Meniere's. Then the vertigo passed, but my hearing stayed gone.