Spring? That strikes me as unlikely. The KS8s came out in February or March of 2018 and they’ve been on roughly an 18 month cycle. I’d guess August at the earliest. What info do you have?
Also, the “pattern” has been for $100 price drop with each new model. KS6 was $1799, KS7 $1699 and KS8 $1599. Nothing says that pattern will continue, but it’s a possibility.
I am also looking at the KS 8.0 HA’s. I’m new to the forum and HA technology. As best as I can decipher the specs for the KS 8.0 is that they have a Rexton feature called XPhone. It appears to be similar to the Signia feature called TwinPhone. It seems to be designed for phones that the HA user uses on an ongoing basis. A magnet is the attached to the receiver of the phone and it triggers the HA to send the received signal to both ears. Here are some links I found that talk about it.
The KS8’s are also made for iphone. No need for the magnet.
I am not a iPhone user, but I would expect if you pair the HA’s with your iPhone you will get direct streaming of phone calls to both ears. Here is a link from Signia that might help. The magnets would be needed for land line phones you use personally.
Info is from Costco Audi. Take it for what it’s worth.
You can stick a little magnet on any single sound source held up to your ear to make that feature work.
Did you mean to say “MFi KS?? (Resound) to KS8 (Rexton)”?
I’d be interested in your comparison.
KS6 (Resound) to KS8 (Rexton).
quality is worst in iphone live listen and remote mic will serve better voice quality+control of HA without picjing up iphone
I trialed those and that feature does work as advertised and makes landline or normal cell phone use much easier. It does transmit the signal to the other ear. You can do it as a manual program too, just choose that program and talk on any phone. Phonak has a similar program.
That feature looks interesting. Please tell me more. I have KS8
Rexton calls it x-phone. If I remember you click the red or blue button to activate it for that ear (transmits to the other). You can click the middle button to work if you take a call on either ear. It makes the mic really hot, picking up anything on the phone. I had it set as a manual program but I believe you can have it set for automatic if you have a phone with a magnet (I don’t):
I only have up/down rocker switches on my aids.
It is a specific program then? Interesting but not worth a 4 hour round trip to Costco.
Yes, it is one of the manual programs. I guess it depends on how much you use a regular phone. It really works well.
Am I correct in assuming if you put the magnet on the phone, you don’t have to set a program for it, and it just switches to the XPhone mode by itself? Do the HA’s come with magnet(s)?
It’s a setting in the programming that your fitter needs to set. Then yes it’ll do this automatically. You may need to ask for the magnet(s).
Your pro can set it up to work that way. It can be set to work both ways. The advantage of a manual program is that you can use it on any phone, not just a phone with a magnet.
I had mine set as the last program and since the KS8 can select programs going up and down, I was one button push from the phone program. So if someone handed me a strange phone, one push and I was good to go.
Just as an FYI. The magnet is needed if the phone (any kind) has a weak magnet on the speaker. Another reason would be the aid is fitted deep in the canal and it is too far from the phone. If it is a RIC aid try moving your phone up on your ear above where you would normally hold the phone, since the aid is above and behind the ear.
You’re right. I should have said for a RIC and held up near the HA case. I know this. I could have been clearer. I also understand about the magnet. Thanks though.
I have KS8 and use it with an iPhone X as my primary device. Calls come in seamlessly to both hearing aids. I just hold the phone in front of me or have it on the table in front of me so the mic can pickup my voice. Works very well. Music or a movie from the phone will also stream to the hearing aids. If I want to play something from my iPad I just need to turn my iPhone bluetooth off and my iPad bluetooth on. This works as I paired both to the hearing aids.
I also purchased the TV Smart Transmitter. I can turn this on from the APP or by holding down one of the program buttons for about 3 seconds. This works great and streams the TV in stereo the HA and I can control the volume from the APP. The only problem is I need a little flag or hat to put on so my wife knows that I am in this mode as she gets frustrated that she talks to me and I do not respond, but at least the TV volume is not blasting her.
My dislikes are the battery life and the programs. Battery life is only 4-5 days. They say that the telecoil version with the larger battery last longer. The problem with the programs is that I have found none to be effective other than the automatic one and my glasses sometimes changes the program. Some other HAs tell you what program you changed to. These don’t so I have to go the the APP to find out where I am. Probalby should go back to have them adjust the programs.
