Ear protection recomendations
Hi all, I’m a pretty intermediate drummer who’s been using my Bluetooth anc earbuds for hearing protection for the last 3 or so years. I liked them because most of the noise cancelling came from the giant foam tips and so I could turn off the anc mode and have them be normal foam earbuds that could playback music/click.
Those earbuds recently broke and I replaced them with a pair which can’t turn off anc/aware/internal microphones and so now need a new form of hearing protection.
I know about the classic foam earplugs as well as the nicer things like the loops and earasers, but none of those have speakers in them. I’m happy to get an iem rig going but I don’t know if they will provide enough noise cancelling to play with long term.
TL;DR: need ear protection recommendations, preferably something that has speakers/drivers.
Posted May 1, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC