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Easily the best and most significant sonic tweak one could ever make!

Well hearing aids of course (if you need them and many don’t realize they do). I was diagnosed with asymmetrical hearing loss in my right ear over a year ago at only age 52. Entirely in the upper frequency. (As hearing loss per my ENT is almost always symmetrical, the protocol for this unusual diagnosis is a MRI brain scan to rule out a tumor; thank God everything was normal there).

Anyway, while expensive (partially covered by Insurance in most plans in the States), the different listening to music is in absolute terms startling. The proverbial veil is wayyyyy lifted particularly on lyrics but really the whole presentation is improved from the midrange thru to the top registers.

Keep this in mind before upgrading your electronics or speakers and perhaps instead upgrade the most critical precision instrument....your ears! I share this and if it helps one member on here, well that would be really great.
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asvjerry
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The bulk of my hearing loss was mid-range; bass and lower highs still 'there' even @ 69.  Conversations, individual and group, subject to misunderstandings and misinterpretations.

Certified audiologist, had worked with musicians.

Phonex Audeo' works for me.  Mid-range back in all its' glories. *S*
Phone calls direct to ears; anything Bluetoothed as well.
So much for headphones..

Funny thing, though....my eq settings for mids are untouched from 'before', relatively 'flat'....

*L*  I learned to trust my DSP, I guess. ;)
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asvjerry
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No feedback, no distortion other than that of the head betwixt...*G*

I've been fitted for 'in canal' pieces with the receiver/driver 'on ear', the only issues being my glasses (nearsighted) and removal of the au courant' maskings...

Reasonable comfy, although my Q-tip use has gone up....*L*  'Before and after' install in ears just feels good to do....😜

I'm wearing them f/t, as my speech recognition was a main issue w/spouse and conversation in general.  As for listening to music (or what I listen to, which is subject to discussion...), they stay in.  Otherwise, the eq would be 'ideally' warped to my ears, and sound wierd to others.

The only limitation I'd note is the limits of the 'on-board' eq, which is really pretty basic.  But hoping for 1/4 octave eq in a h/a is a bit of a stretch...;)

Overall, I'm pleased.

MC, I'd agree on eq'd headphones with a dedicated amp for the 'serious listening hour(s)', but a bit of overkill in some ways....clunkly unless Bluetoothed...one can forget you're wired into the stack.  Nothing like having the cans yanked when you're trying to reach that which is 'just out of reach'.  We've all been there at some point. ;)

And, even then, you'd have to corelate your 'loss' with the eq you need.  Do-able, but again, subject to taste and preference, which may not end up 'correct' in an audio sense....

'Practical vs. theoretical', yet again...*S*
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