[aeberbach]

Canalphones beat active noise cancellation (ANC) every time. ANC doesn't attenuate all frequencies as evenly as passive protection does and it sounds very strange to me. To rub salt into the wound, passives don't need batteries and they pack into a tiny pouch that takes almost no space in carry-on bags.

[peter_l_downs]

Oh it's no salt in the wound, I know the advantages to passive. The canal plugs are just far too uncomfortable for me. I'm happy to have found something that I find to be equally great.