On 12/10/2015 10:41 PM, Muggles wrote:

During daylight hours, the preferred way of listening is with a little
"console" that gives me the freedom of motion coupled with reasonably
good reproduction. Or, with earbuds and a PMP while taking my daily walk.

You could get a set of hearing aids that is wi-fi enabled and just use
them instead.

From what I've heard about hearing aids, they are anything but cheap!
(and, probably not designed for "high fidelity" given that speech is
a rather narrow band)