Zydecat

I've had a Yamaha YC73 for the last year or so, and am really happy with it. Very usable organ, piano, and EP. The strings, brass, accordion, etc are also good in my opinion.

I'm very happy with the Alto TS408s. A pair of those (or even just one for your type gig) are versatile, light weight, sufficiently powerful, and reasonably priced. I have EV, QSC, Space Station V3, but for grab and go gigs the Altos do a fine job. Good luck in your search for what works best for you.

Best keyboard purchase: Yamaha YC73 Best $300 purchase: Alto TS 408 Things I hated: Nah, I'm grateful for every day.

I've used Sennheiser HD 280s for years. The coiled cord can be a bit bothersome, but the sound and comfort factors work very well for me. Good luck in your search.

Well, as much as I like the clean design and overall functionality of the Bossa hearing aids, I'm joining Ken in returning them. My first experience with hearing aids, and the more I wore them the more it seemed like they were just miniature amplifiers. All sounds, including background noises, are louder, which doesn't really help my ability to hear voices in noisy settings. Last straw was a visit to my local Mexican restaurant with hard walls and floor. I have mine set at the lowest volume, and the background noise was actually almost painful. I removed the Bossa's and realized they were basically just amplifying all sounds, providing volume but not clarity. Thinking I'll join midinut and see about getting proper hearing aids through the VA. I gave it a good go, but the Bossa's simply didn't work out for me.

The Bayou Club on Bourbon St has traditional Cajun music, worth at least a quick stop to get your toes tappin'.

Getting used to the Bossa hearing aids. Bossa recommends gradually increasing the hours I wear them, and I'm finding I like them better the longer I wear them. They include several earpiece sizes, and through trial and error I've found the smallest size works best for me - allows the earpiece to go further into my ear, greatly reducing the back ground noise and making the units much less conspicuous. I don't believe Bossa provides for eq adjustments, or maybe I simply haven't located the methodology yet. Using the smaller earpieces has also reduced the highs, and more or less eliminated the sharp harnesses of ordinary sounds . Overall, I am quite satisfied, so far.

Pleased to report my Bossa hearing aids finally arrived. Very professional packaging, and they appear to be well designed. I have never used hearing aids before, so really have no basis for comparison. Sounds like I'll need about two weeks to build up to full time use, but so far they are a definite improvement in my ability to pick out voices through background noise. They definitely help with high frequencies, in fact they seem a bit weird as the highs seem quite exaggerated. I'm guessing this is because I haven't been hearing the higher frequencies clearly for a long time. Regardless, off we go into a new auditory environment.

Update - I finally spoke with someone at Bossa Hearing. Seem they are having some production issues, and my order should ship in a couple weeks. Here’s hoping - I’ll keep yawl updated.

I ordered a pair from Bossa on 5/2/23, and haven't heard a word sine they confirmed my order by email. Their contact # seems to be disabled, no responses to emails. Beginning to think I've been scammed. Have others had problems with BossaHearing.com?

Yamaha YC73 with case - So far I'm really liking it!

All good reasons in my book. Well, maybe not #5.

Nothing much noticeable to me. I don't claim to understand mfg watt ratings, but the 308 is 1,000 watts and the 408 is 2,000. The 408 seems a bit clearer and more powerful to me, as it should I suppose.. To my ears both versions have a surprisingly full sound for 8" speakers. I see a major retailer has the TS408's for $250. Considering another TS408 to make a "matched set" but I haven't gotten past the "why"yet.

I have both the Alto TS308 and TS408. For the price, I am pleased with both. I take the 408 to blues jams and the like, and I've even had LOUD guitar players comment on the sound quality. I've also used both together for stereo, which also worked well. Not audiophile quality of course, but for my use and budget the Alto 8" are a great choice. I also have an EV ZLX12P and QSC K10. but they pretty much stay at home these days. I've never used IEM's.

A bit OT, but spinet related. The piano in my house while growing up was a Wurlitzer spinet, dark mahogany finish on the wood with most of the flat panels covered in some sort of vinyl-type material to match. I spent hours noodling on that thing, and never saw another one like it. About 10 or 12 years ago I toured the Sun Records studio in Memphis. Much to my surprise, near the "x" on the floor where Elvis stood at the microphone, was a spinet exactly like the one I grew up with. A few keys had cigarette burns which the tour guide said were from Jerry Lee's carelessness. To say I was amazed is a major under statement.