JK, welcome. Counsellor gem and the others have given you good advice. I'd suggest that you disregard what you may have read somewhere about the HKs being "passed". In at least one respect, i.e. the new room equalization system developed by Dr. Toole's group, it may be the most advanced. All of them will give you audibly transparent amplification, so pick the features(e.g. the extra component input)that are most significant to you.

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