I’ve been doing some DIY for my Philip 9030’s for my guitar playing. With any of the std settings the shrillness of first 3 strings (G, B E, thinnest) is so annoying I hated to hear myself play and of course this also affects how you play. I’m found that the music program with some reductions can be somewhat acceptable but still not ideal. I’ve turned down 3-8 kHz in the music program by as much as 5-7db, turned off any directionality and noise reduction and have one program with zero feedback control. I also still have to lower the volume in the app by 2.5 to 5 db and by then I start to lose the clarity of my guitar to a certain extent.
I read from a notable musician that boosting 0-500 hz by 4 dB can help a lot but with open domes I can only boost frequencies 1 khz or more. In fact there are zero gains below 1 khz allowed. Changing to closed domes allows changes in the lower frequencies but I am already fighting my own voice and that occlusal effect. so close domes or molds are probably out of the question. Turning my aids off or taken them mutes everything of course and the clarity of the guitar is totally lost.
I wish there was a multiband freq adjustment in the app so I could hone in on the what’s causing all this annoying tinniness with my guitar quickly. I’m not sure but I was thinking of recording my guitar as an mp3, playing back in my iphone and using an equalizer I downloaded for streaming music to find the real offending frequencies rather than this 3-8 khz reduction approach. Pretty frustrated with these 9030’s and one of these days when I have some extra $$$ I’ll just go buy widex aids because I’ve heard for music they are the best out there. Anyone with thoughts on this. I guess I could just reduce a narrower band in step of say, 1-2k, 2-3k, 3-4k, 4-5k, 5-6k, 6-7k and 7-8k by maybe 8 dB to see what works and then identify where the real issue lies. This is further complicated by what sounds good in my music room at home still sounds thin and shrill when I play in a bigger room with my group.