I think while the Genie 2 software does allow a lot of fine-tuning, the programming should be fairly simple and Oticon actually can just work for all situations out of 1 default program only, because it’s supposed to have the smart to transition between simple and complex environments and auto-adjust the settings to adapt to the various listening environments automatically. I’m surprised that you have 4 programs set up for it. I assume that if your audi knows how to set up 4 different programs on the OPN, they’re probably not a novice at it anymore.
I actually have 3 (default, noisy environment, and directional), but that’s only to see if they are of any further help or not, and most of the times I can’t notice much differences. So now I just stick with my default program 100% of the time.
By the way, I thought that the Opn3 can only support 1 program (they call it configuration). So I assume that the 4 programs you have is only possible on the Opn1.
The improvements you described sound great. But can you clarify whether these are improvements of the OPN1 over the OPN3 specifically, or these are just improvements between either of the OPN (1 or 3) compared to your old HAs overall. For example, when you said you can watch the TV turned down to 7 or 8 instead of 20, are you saying that with the Opn1 you only need volume 7 or 8 and with the Opn3 you need volume 20? Or are you saying that you need volume 20 with you old HAs, but 7 or 8 with either the Opn1 or Opn3?
What I’m looking for is whether you can tell any significant differences between the Opn3 and the Opn1 themselves, not between the Opn1 or 3 compared to your old HAs. And if you find the Opn1 better than the Opn3, in what ways is the Opn1 better?
On the clicking sound on your right HA, ask your audi if they have the new firmware (available late last year) installed already. It’s supposed to fix a lot of connection/streaming issues.
On the power dome still giving you too much feedback on the right ear, it may help if you can post your audiogram in your signature so at least we can tell what kind of hearing loss you have. I’m using the bass dome with a single vent hole and I don’t have any feedback issue. I think the power dome doesn’t have any vent hole, but if you’re using a dome size not big enough for your ear canal, then the seal may not be tight enough, resulting in feedback. I also assume that your audi already ran the feedback analyzer on your OPNs to set and turn on feedback control.