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Re: Active noise-cancelling earphones?
As an Avid user of a mp3 player on my motorcycle (by that I mean I literally NEVER go anywhere without it) I agree with AlanC, blocking out too much noise is a bad thing, when I first started riding I would turn my headphones WAY UP, and an ambulance snuck up pretty close behind me one day and I realized that it was too much.
I keep mine where I can still hear the purr of my engine, that seems to be a pretty good scale to go by, because I can hear sirens and the like pretty good like that. On the other hand, I think people put a little too much weight on the hearing/not hearing on your bike thing, because most of those same people probably have been guilty more than once of "jamming out" in their car to the point that they wouldn't hear a gun go off in the car next to them much less a siren.
That being said, overall I still don't think it is a very good idea to purposely block out ALL the noise coming at you when you are on your bike (or your car for that matter).
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