I did discuss the Widex Smart RICs with my audi and we ruled them out. Despite the positives about music reproduction with Widex, the technology is still an old platform and I have concerns about investing a large amount for new aids on an old platform. I could’ve just stuck with the ReSound 3Ds, which also have excellent music reproduction (in fact I have kept these as my backup). The Intents certainly seemed to be a step up in all round performance compared to the others I trialled.
I will add that although we ruled the Smart RICs out, we did agree that they might be worth trying if we couldn’t get the music program sorted on the Intents, because I was ready to rule the Intents out on that basis. However, we did get the music program on the Intents close to what I need, so that overcame their major negative.