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You have had the EONs for another month now. I am hoping that you might have some further opinions on how they compare with the Infinio’s with respect to speech crispness. I also wonder if you might know the new battery life when in the Speric mode. Any other points you think are important will also be important. Normal practice would say wait two years for the next upgrade but future horizons get shorter when you approach your 90’s :wink:

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There isn't any improvement in spheric speech in noise performance if this is what you mean by "crispness." The key differences are better battery life, smaller size for audeo E sphere vs audeo I sphere, compression that adapts better to changing circumstances in autosense OS and vastly improved wind noise management.

@raylock1 After another month, I’d call the EON an overall improvement over my Infinio, although not a night-and-day one. Speech has a little more clarity/crispness to me, and I think the bigger improvement is actually in non-Spheric speech-in-noise and general AutoSense behavior, rather than Spheric Speech in Loud Noise itself. Transitions between environments seem smoother and it does a better job without having to invoke Spheric processing as often.

Battery life has been excellent. I don’t spend an entire day continuously in Spheric mode, so I can’t give you a meaningful all-Spheric runtime figure, but in normal all-day mixed use, including Spheric when needed, I’m usually finishing the day with well over half the battery remaining. That is noticeably better than I expected.

I’d also agree with Hearing_Potential about the smaller size and improved handling of things like wind/noise. For me the attraction isn’t one spectacular new feature so much as the EON feeling like a more refined hearing aid overall.

If I already owned the Infinio and were perfectly satisfied, I’m not sure I’d call the EON a mandatory upgrade. But if I were deciding whether to wait another two years at your age, I’d certainly want to try them. 🙂

I have a moderate coockie bite hearing loss. My vote goes to Phonak EON. Simply because I want noise reduction when I'm in a conversation. I'd still hear the background, but at a reasonable level. With Oticon Reveal, everything is up, so it makes hearing speech and conversation harder. This article might also help as HearAdviros rated Oticon Reveal 3.3 versus EON at 4.5 for speech in noise: https://www.hearingnow.co.uk/learning/oticon-reveal-versus-phonak-eon-sphere-which-one-helps-more-for-speech-in-noise6

The only complaint with the EON’s so far possibly has nothing to do with the EON’s it’s to do with , when using the Avantree dongle on my laptop if I stop a video the static is so loud for a split second it hurts my ears so reverting to classic Bluetooth.

I have emailed Avantree but no reply yet.

I don't have my EONs yet, but I do have the Avantree C-82 Aura. How do you connect to it via the Phonak APP? Did you have to generate a QR Code? How did you do this? I was able to generate a QR Code for the Audikast 4 on my TV, but haven't tried that yet. I have the connection password protected. Does the APP ask for a password, or do I need to remove that?

If you go to Avantree updater then advanced then on the right you will see the QR code with option to export, copy or something else I just exported to desktop then double click it to expand & scan it.

On the updater you can also re name & add a password.

Dell

Thanks Dell! I am relieved to hear that! In Canada, I have to wait until after October 24 th before the EONs are released. I am in the number 1 spot to trial them as soon as they arrive. I am looking forward to the trial.

For what it's worth, I just got my Phonak Eons yesterday. I have a HomeSpot Broadcaster BA210 (transmitter) connected to my 16 year-old, not-so-smart, Panasonic Plasma TV. I used the online tool for the transmitter to generate the QR code and it worked. It's certainly not as handy as seeing a list of available Auracast broadcasts, but it does work. (Thank you, a little bit, Phonak.) I assume your Avantree system will work as well for you.

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