Crisp sound directly from electronic devices
A streamer that shoots sound (music, movies, computer) wirelessly into your hearing aids gives much clearer sound. For a while I bulked at the high price of the Oticon ConnectLine TV 3.0 for Oticon Opn. But I jumped for it when it went on sale (from Hearing_Aid_Accessories in the UK), and I'm glad that I did. The sound is awesome.<br /><br />You pair your hearing aids once to the streamer. Pairing adds a new mode; so now I have NORMAL, CLASSROOM, and STREAMER; hold down the right HA button for three seconds to move to the next mode. Five minutes with no sound moves you from STREAMER to back NORMAL mode, presumably to save battery power; sometimes this is convenient and sometimes not -- but it takes only a few seconds to bring STREAMER mode back. The connection is very stable; if the sound starts breaking up, change the batteries -- they are almost dying anyway. You can move a pretty good distance and still keep the connection; this is good for doing exercise videos or for jumping on a trampoline during football games.<br /><br />The photo shows my setup. My external speakers are on the bottom; the top has a 4-output amplifier on the left and the Oticon streamer on the right, both secured to the top by velcro strips. The wired amplifier input goes into the back of my TCL TV and gives whatever sound goes with the main screen (computer, TV, Roku streaming, whaever). Amplifier output 1 goes into the speakers underneath, 2 and 3 go into pillow speakers (these give quite good sound when your head with HAs rest on the speaker -- this is a a cheaper alternative but limits mobility), and 4 goes to the Oticon streamer (with the amplifier at max -- click the hearing aids to regulate volume). While I can adjust the sound of all four independently, I use the streamer most of the time.<br /><br />If you want the sound louder, max the volume on your hearing aids and lower the audio going into the streamer. If you overload the streamer, the audio quality suffers.<br /><br />For additional HA and streamer features, get the free OTICON ON app for your android or apple phone.<br /><br />If you're on the fence, buy this device -- the sound is amazingly good.
Rating: 5 stars