Lifelong musician/audio engineer dives into trials of HAs...here's my story and experiences thus far

This is such a great thread. I’ve come to realize that Puresound is not recommended for much of my hearing loss. I’m currently using Philips 9030’s and considering the Widex SmartRIC and the Philips 9050’s if they ever are available at Costco. Huge price differences. I’ve done some DIY and have recently combined two music program attempts that seems to work, although I still lower the gain in the app by two steps (5dB). Obviously there’s not much being applied at that point but seems to be a bit better than no HA and much better than the general program for my guitar playing. The 9040’s and 9050’s look to be a lot better for noise in general but not sure about music. I’m not really an audio expert like many of you and much of this conversation does go a bit over my mechanical engineering head, lol. Here’s the live music program I’ve arrived at (all noise and feedback off of course). I’ve had some guidance from others here but feel maybe there’s more to be gained to enhance what I’m hearing without making the the distortion I do hear (at higher note, bending, etc). Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks