MarkParity
1000+ Head-Fier
I'm not referring to background noise, I don't hear any either, what I'm concerned about is for sensitive IEM's I often have to listen at one click of the volume control up from 0, not ideal if the volume control wears out at one click, not sure if that is a potential issue though its just a small worry. One click gives me a SPL of around 60db so safe. Two clicks gets me to 70db so still OK but three is too loud for long listening sessions at the office etc.I'm with mak here on this. The VEX is a very sensitive and I hear 0 background noise on the DC Elite.
I could hear noise on the Solaris OG through the WM1Z so I'm definitely sensitive to it.
I get that people don't care about listening at high volumes, that's fine everyone is free to do what they want but I do want to protect my hearing and still enjoy my music.