True wireless earbuds don't necessarily have to end up as electronic waste when their batteries reach the end of their lifespan. Fairphone demonstrates this with the Fairbuds 2, whose batteries can be easily replaced. The earbuds also offer active noise cancellation and support for Sony LDAC.
But you lose ANC that way
Anc for me doesn’t really matter (only other noise I battle against is farm animals or equipment), if you have a good seal on your IEMs, then you’re not going to hear anything but the music anyways. Using my farm equipment, it’s actually quieter with IEMs than it was with neckbands that had ANC anyways.
I live in an apartment. When a neighbor does remodeling the drills can really be like a jet taking off. I have to use ANC and put construction earmuffs on
They using concrete drills or something? Cause normal drills shouldn’t be that loud.
They are drilling a wall that connects to me and it vibrates the whole place. It’s around 100dB and they are not allowed to do it past business hours. But I’m home at that time