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Costco Kirkland Signature 10.0 (Product Information)

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In reply to @MDB

That’s strange as the description on the Costco website suggests that they use Bluetooth. Please note lines 3 and 6.
https://www.costco.com/kirkland-signature-hearing-aid.html18

Connectivity

  1. Experience stereo-quality sound, just like wireless headphones
  2. Connect easily to any Bluetooth®-compatible devices9**
  3. Stream direct media to your hearing instruments via the TV Connector**
  4. Remote services now available
  5. Tcoil compatible
  6. **The Bluetooth® word mark is a registered trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. Select TV models may require the purchase of an accessory.

The KS10s can stream via Bluetooth. They also can use the proprietary “AirStream” which consumes less power than from what I have read.

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In reply to @MDB

The Phonak TV connector page contains a link to Bluetooth FAQs. Yet, it also says, “The proprietary 2.4 GHz streaming protocol provides energy efficient audio streaming from any TV and stereo system.” It is somewhat confusing.

I will definitely agree that it’s confusing! :slight_smile: I think a lot of the issue is trademarks. Bluetooth and AirStream are both proprietary. They both use the 2.4 GHz radio frequency.

In reply to @DrBob

I believe that they use an signal to stream from the TV connector to your . With Bluetooth you would have a lipsync problem. Their system not only uses less power, you avoid the lipsync due to Bluetooch latency. The only Bluetooth system that doesn’t have a latency (delay) issue is APTXll, which I use with some Bluetooth headphones. Both the transmitter and the headphones have to use APTX low latency, and it is not a mainstream setup.

I seem to recall @jim_lewis and/or @TraderGary digging deep into the interwebs and finding some bluetooth regulatory filing by Phonak for the TV connector when discussing Marvel. No clue where that post is now, two years later…

Come to think of it, it could have come up in a food fight with @darylm.

Who remembers all that?! :smile:

In reply to @jm40

When you connect a pair of KS10’s to Target then Kirkland Signature shows up as a model “Family” and KS 10.0 shows up as the connected. The Program Names and such change to the terms that the Costco KS use. For instance the KS10 adjustment “High Frequency Protect Plus” is the exact same Paradise P90 adjustment named “SoundRecover 2”. Both display the exact same fitting fine tuning tab with identical descriptions, adjustment sliders, and default settings.

Since there are only 3 options, and any of them are a subjective attempt to possibly distract your brain, it’s quite difficult to say that one person is more “qualified” to implement Tinnitus Balance than another. It is really a bunch of fussing around with settings, as opposed to programming a hearing profile. So far, it was more of a distraction than a comfort, but it was worth a shot.

Anyone in the forum aware if we could get Titanium cShell with the KS10s in Costco?? I have asked the , they aren’t aware. I was trying to find the KS10 order form online to verify this, but to no luck.

I’m pretty sure the answer is no based on my experience with KS9. Just Acrylic and Silicone available, but their price is great at $39.95 each in the US.

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