smeghead
New Head-Fier
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Going forward ANC is a must for me.. I use TWS for their obvious use case; going out and about.. In any kind of noisy environment, I needed to turn my wired iem’s way too high, it was probably damaging my hearing. Be careful with the volume knob, keep those ears healthy.
For me it's the complete opposite, which seems counter-intuitive when buying IEMs with ANC, but I find it bad enough that everyone is now a zombie who just walks around with their face pointed towards the floor looking at their phone. If you completely isolate your peripheral hearing from the outside world, you'll cut yourself off from all sorts of hazards. Emergency vehicles, bikes, electric scooters, muggers, things from overhead etc. Yes, the likelihood of any of that actually affecting you is slim, but nonetheless a possibility.
The only time when I'm out in public that I actually enable ANC and use both IEMs is when I'm in a fixed position, like public transport. Otherwise I only ever have one in at any time.