"Interesting discussion and much appreciated. I’ve used Signia hearing aids for almost two years now and while they do an excellent job where speech is concerned and an acceptable job with tinnitus, they just don’t work with music. They do have a music setting but after numerous efforts by the audiologist they still make music shrill, edgy, often thin. I’ve resorted to listening to my system with no aids and just let my brain make its adjustments"
I have hearing loss in the upper mids to hi frequencies. I have some phonak aids which are ok, however I dont use them a great deal.
I purchased a schitt Lokius EQ as an experiment - it has made a great difference. I boost the mid and upper frequencies and the sound stage widens and deepens and of course there is more ’air’ and treble detail. Does not impinge on sound quality at all. Well worth a try.