Headphones for Hearing Aids

Hi, thank you all for your responses, they were very thought provoking. The headphones are for use on the main level so I don't disturb the family watching the boob-tube. Thankfully I don't mind wearing them, do iritate the inner ear at times but I find if I use a dab of canal oil they're ok. The main system is in the basement. For the main system the horns work fine, I turn them low and adjust the preamp volume normally with no issues. My hearing lose is such that without the horns I get beautiful low and mid bass with a little touch of higher freqs. I was also reading a couple of articles about using equalizers adjusted for the lost freqs. And I'm glad to hear that that approach has been successful. So I am wondering if placing one between the DAC and the head amp could preclude my use of
the horns with the Senns. What type of equalizer could you gents recommend? Again, To all of you, I appreciate your advice. Dave

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Broadstone, thanks for your follow up, I posted before I read it. What type of equalizer are you using? Again, thanks. Dave

Stringreen, thank you for you comment. First off you have a beautiful system. Like most who wear them, they are a challenge. In my case for day to day they serve me well. And peace is kept in the house. They can get uncomfortable but they have opened up a world of sound that I had been missing for many years. Brownstone, similar to others has been looking at alternatives to wearing the horns. I am going to run the same rabbit as he looking at equalizers so I came use my Senns sans horns. Am desiring any info that I can use as I move down this road. I do see more headphone use in my future so I'm pursuing the knowledge and equipment needed.

Senns 650
Denon 3910 cdp
Channel Island head amp and power supply
Musical Fidelity M1 dac
Parasound Zdac
DH Lab d75 cable

Thanks much.

Dave

I want to thank you all for your insights and thoughts. A lot of good info especially for those who may be considering hearing aids. When I got fitted for the aids it was a thrill just to hear, music was an after thought. Teflon was discussing programming as well as Buconero, my horns do this automatically and I think that is a part of the problem. They cannot lock in to the music format with the headphones in place. Click click click. So next time round I'll be much more informed. Stringreen made a comment about the sound through hearing aids, got me thinking about what I am actually hearing. So I'll take several of your suggestions and try diff headphones, and look into an equalizer. One other thing that I realized is that so many folks are wearing horns. Again I appreciate the conversation,I've re-read this string several times this weekend with great interest. Dave