Wow, just wow…
I never though hearing aids could be that good!
OK, the open domes really help as most of the midrange is our natural hearing without going through the devices. The standard frequency balance set by the default ‘music’ programming is still slightly oriented to enhancing the intelligibility of vocals… Personally we find that a little ‘hot’ at the top end, adding a bit of ‘tizz’ to some things. So we added as small (-3db) reduction in HF, and a tiny (-1dB) cut to the upper mid range, which eliminates that completely. However, other people may prefer the standard frequency response settings.
With our preferred profile we’ve listened to some baroque on original instruments and that is detailed but natural in the harmonics without being so over sharp as to “cut your head off at 10 paces”. To test the integration of the timing we used Gabriel’s Red Rain, as that falls apart if there’s anything wrong with the timing. It stays detailed, clean, sharp and precisely on time all the way through the frequency range: we really didn’t expect that good a result. With the slight HF cut, for us, listening to music is very much improved without significant noticeable defects.
As ever, YMMV!