Interesting thread. I need to get tested again and see if any technology based solutions have addressed one of my items. Coupled with some upper bass/midrange deficiencies, I also have a compression issue.
Imagine 2 sounds sources, one say at 70 db, and another at 90 db. I effectively hear them close to the same level.
God I hate it. In a mtg, someone is talking next to me, then some at the end of the table talks just above a whisper to their neighbor. It's all the same level and I can't make heads or tails out of either
Then couple that with some sensitivity in the higher end (yes I can tell you if florescent lights are on behind the close door with some certainty),,,,