Some GREAT posts Oz. There is nothing like being taken to a different place on the wings of music you love.
I read that you are saving toward a center and surrounds. I suspect that when you get them, you'll find yourself spending more time with your TV (watching movies) than you do now.
Sorry to hear (no pun intended) about your hearing problems. Having been a sound man for a regional band for a number of years I know of what you speaketh. I have tinnitus in my right ear. Strangely, it rarely ever bothers me, which is good, cuz I have no control over it. Every now and then, the tinnitus will ring much louder than normal for several hours. And, on occasion, I lose hearing in one ear or the other for 24 hours or so. Such fun.
Enjoy the music, Oz.
