Expensive but excellent 1

December 2010: Many comments reported discomfort or pain after half an hour of use. The unit I received came with 3 different pairs of pads. Two conical pairs and a hemispherical pair. Sure enough, I found the first two uncomfortable but it must depend on the morphology of each. For cons, the third pair, round, very comfortable.
August 2011: Since this purchase, I was fitted with hearing aids (Phonak mini contours), which does not stop me using headphones maintaining hearing aids (hence the headset over hearing aids). The result is great. I hear the TV from headphones mainly (but not only by the headset), and if anyone talks to me, I hear his voice through hearing aids which micro are located behind the ears. With the only headphones I could hear the TV, which was already a lot, but when my wife was talking to me, I had to remove the helmet without hearing correctly ...
But why watch TV with the headset when you are equipped with hearing aids? This may surprise ... The reason is that hearing aids amplify sound from the speakers, which are often very poor, while the headset transmits sound directly from the TV tuner without going through the speakers.
December 2011: having changed the TV, I can not use my helmet over my hearing aids. There is now a gap between the sound from the TV and the sound received in the helmet, which is not tolerable. I must choose: headphones or hearing aids. Too bad.