Hearing and hearing aid recommendations

[MickeyBoy]

1. No expansion that I know of. Widex is pretty vague about what the different modes do, but essentially (I believe) the PureSound is just that - a mode with minimal or no enhancements or processing (which IMHO is most desirable for music). They also talk about their "revolutionary" low latency in that mode, but I've never noticed any latency issues with this or my previous HA (Phoneak Audeo).
For me, PureSound is the cleanest for music, so that's what I'm using. The music mode just didn't sound right.

2. I like my music loud too, and I've not noticed so far any distortion or breakup in these HAs.
I'm also a classical listener, and the climaxes (Brahms, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, etc) shake the floor, but sound clean.
I use an 80Watt RMS per channel amp, with very efficient speakers. So it can be plenty loud, lol.

I have a hard time getting into Shostakovich, some parts of his symphonies are impressive, but not easy to like the works over all.
Not familiar with Bruckner, but he's on my to do list.

Hope this helps, good luck...

For Bruckner, I would recommend symphonies 4 and 7. If they get to you, then try 9, which in some performances is almost apocalyptic. And then there is symphony 8, considered the highest development of the sonata form.

 

[Alice of Old Vincennes]

Purchased iphone 16 pro and airpod pro 2. Had to update pods to latest firmware. Tested seal. Medium ear tip on left ear and small on right ear. Audio test took about 5 minutes. Revealed normal range in left ear and moderate in right ear. Uploaded and tested in cavernous 19th century courtroom the next day. Even though right ear in normal range, helped in both ears. Simply worked. Tested that evening with wife. She sits to my right side. Can now hear her voice clearly. Music through pods sounds flawless. Happy camper. If battery life is a problem, buy 2 sets.

 

[Randyman...]

Purchased iphone 16 pro and airpod pro 2. Had to update pods to latest firmware. Tested seal. Medium ear tip on left ear and small on right ear. Audio test took about 5 minutes. Revealed normal range in left ear and moderate in right ear. Uploaded and tested in cavernous 19th century courtroom the next day. Even though right ear in normal range, helped in both ears. Simply worked. Tested that evening with wife. She sits to my right side. Can now hear her voice clearly. Music through pods sounds flawless. Happy camper. If battery life is a problem, buy 2 sets.

I'm very interested in trying this myself. Just upgraded to 16 Pro Max last month - so sounds like the Airpod Pro 2's are next on a Black Friday sale

 

[pjn]

I'm very interested in trying this myself. Just upgraded to 16 Pro Max last month - so sounds like the Airpod Pro 2's are next on a Black Friday sale

Definitely improve spoken word - both real people and TV - mild loss in one ear and moderate loss in the other - both ears tail of badly above about 5k Hz. The real test will be in a noisy restaurant...

 

[Alice of Old Vincennes]

Definitely improve spoken word - both real people and TV - mild loss in one ear and moderate loss in the other - both ears tail of badly above about 5k Hz. The real test will be in a noisy restaurant...

I will test in noisy environments Friday and report.

 

[Randyman...]

So far, I'm having issues getting the AirPod hearing test completed. Will give it a few more tries and report back...

 

[Alice of Old Vincennes]

So far, I'm having issues getting the AirPod hearing test completed. Will give it a few more tries and report back...

Total silence

 

[Emlin]

Total silence

Hiss

 

[Alice of Old Vincennes]

Hiss

Only the cat

 

[bigdewil]

Phonak Marvel M16, 2x16 canal, 10Hz-22kHz.

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