Basically, I’m semi-deaf, constant ringing in the ears, so pretty much anything and everything I use would be considered mid-range, but I want to get into the more technical side of audiophile equipment, but I have zero clue how, or what brands are considered a safe bet for a noob.
what are you trying to accomplish? If you want to enjoy audio as a technical hobby there are many ways to do that and it can be quite rewarding. my hearing is not great -many years in a very noisy environment but I do enjoy listening, I build some diy speakers and turntable plinths and spent a lot of time on diyaudio.com I use measurement and listening to get the speakers the way I want them to sound and it is a great hobby. It is one of those hobbies where you will never master it but you can learn to accept the compromises of physics involved. If you are more electronically inclined you can build amps or even turntables.
THIS is what I was looking for. I wanted to find programs that let’s me edit speaker audio/see stats for it’s frequency, or whatever the technical terms are. (I’m still researching.)