Get your ears cleaned,guys

PolkClyde
PolkClyde Posts: 662
edited February 2011 in Vintage Speakers
I went to the doctor today,got my ears cleaned,wow. Now,I hear music the way I suppose to hear it.my vintage speakers are singing like a bird. I had to turn the treble down on my speakers. they have treble,mid-bass,and mid-range controls on the back,also a rear firing tweeter on the back. jam on.
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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited February 2011
    What did you say?
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2011
    I had this done a while back and the Doctor asked me if I could hear much better now. The answer, paradoxically, was NO! It made, in my case, almost no difference whatsoever? Go figure! I guess I must have the "super power" of being able to hear through WAX! lol

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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited February 2011
    This has been gone all through before in explicit & painful detail:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98822&highlight=clean+ear+wax+debrox
    TNRabbit
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,287
    edited February 2011
    How much did that mod set you back:biggrin:
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  • PolkClyde
    PolkClyde Posts: 662
    edited February 2011
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    How much did that mod set you back:biggrin:

    hahaha,
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  • silvertuner
    silvertuner Posts: 496
    edited February 2011
    is there a break-in time after the cleaning?

    some cheap free sony speakers
    psw125
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    3.1 channel because i hate cables ran across the living room like that
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  • PolkClyde
    PolkClyde Posts: 662
    edited February 2011
    silvertuner wrote: »
    is there a break-in time after the cleaning?

    No,not really.I heard results right away. :)
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  • silvertuner
    silvertuner Posts: 496
    edited February 2011
    PolkClyde wrote: »
    No,not really.I heard results right away.

    ok cool. wasnt sure if there was gradual improvement or immediate. thank you for this advice

    some cheap free sony speakers
    psw125
    denon 1610
    3.1 channel because i hate cables ran across the living room like that
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,248
    edited February 2011
    This place is crazy lately!! I try and stay out of it but times you just get the hook..


    Just my .02
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  • PolkClyde
    PolkClyde Posts: 662
    edited February 2011
    silvertuner wrote: »
    ok cool. wasnt sure if there was gradual improvement or immediate. thank you for this advice

    I will be making regular trips to my doctor,to get them clean. I wasted all this time on burning in my MIT cables.shoot, an ear cleaning is all I needed... :) hahaha. Seriously, it helped a whole lot,though.
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  • silvertuner
    silvertuner Posts: 496
    edited February 2011
    i simply dont have the ears you guys do. the subtle changes brought on by some of these mods, or hell even sometimes speaker vs speaker, i simply cannot tell a difference. between a damaged ear drum in my left ear, and a constant ringing in my right, i have a much harder time deciphering what changes were made. i clean my ears twice a day with q-tips, and never really get bad wax build up, then again im not getting all the way down into the ear canal. ehh, o well.

    some cheap free sony speakers
    psw125
    denon 1610
    3.1 channel because i hate cables ran across the living room like that
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2011
    Is this really something your doctor has to do? Can't you just do it at home, as talked about in the above-mentioned thread? Paying for this service seems ridiculous.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited February 2011
    If you can find me a cure for my PET syndrome first, I'll go get them cleaned!
    :(
    No cure so far...so sad.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited February 2011
    So there is no burn in time for this mod to produce results? :confused::tongue:
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  • PolkClyde
    PolkClyde Posts: 662
    edited February 2011
    halo71 wrote: »
    So there is no burn in time for this mod to produce results? :confused::tongue:

    Not at all
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,184
    edited February 2011
    Makes sense to me.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited February 2011
    PolkClyde wrote: »
    No,not really.I heard results right away. :)


    Placebo effect. You expected to hear a difference so your mind is tricking you into thinking you hear a difference. :wink:
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2011
    i tried cleaning my ears at home.. several times.. and it's hit or miss.. and it didnt' approach how good of a job my doctor did.. the few times I had mine cleaned out.

    seriously, you'll notice a difference right away.. everything was clearer. voices.. and really any sound was crystal clear and I wish it would have lasted.

    I have hearing loss in my left ear.. but I think it's mostly from wax build up, more so that anything else.

    I have tried those over the counter ear cleaning solutions... and with little success.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited February 2011
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Placebo effect. You expected to hear a difference so your mind is tricking you into thinking you hear a difference. :wink:

    he he he ...:biggrin:..


    I think it's the full moon that just pasted. That's why short, to the point remarks are breaking loose around here....

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    Yes, I expect a burn in time..:tongue:
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited February 2011
    I hope you're not eating dinner. I found this blob in a trolls ear from another thread.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited February 2011
    Keiko wrote: »
    Looks like Ceti Alpha 5's last indigenous life form, Greg. :tongue:

    Yep, getting it out of his ear did seem like a Star Trek episode :biggrin:
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  • PolkClyde
    PolkClyde Posts: 662
    edited February 2011
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Is this really something your doctor has to do? Can't you just do it at home, as talked about in the above-mentioned thread? Paying for this service seems ridiculous.

    I tried it myself,it didn't work as good.maybe I wasn't doing it right.
    PolkAudioClyde
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  • PolkClyde
    PolkClyde Posts: 662
    edited February 2011
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Placebo effect. You expected to hear a difference so your mind is tricking you into thinking you hear a difference. :wink:

    OH,okay....... that's what it is.I FEEL GOOD
    PolkAudioClyde
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  • MarkTX
    MarkTX Posts: 58
    edited February 2011
    maybe if i clean my ears i'll actually like the SRT's. :eek:
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