Thanks, Mal.
I think you are right; I misquoted Ayoob. The distinction would be between stereo and monaural. I assume that all electronic hearing protectors have mikes in both muffs; but that some have stereo circuitry and some don't. What I think Ayoob was saying is that stereo circuitry takes the sound from both sides and blends them together, so that a sound coming from the right would be heard equally loud in both ears, so you wouldn't know that the noise is coming from the right. For that reason he recommended monaural.
It makes sense to me. I would want to know if someone is approaching me from one side, and don't see the need to hear it in stereo.
Do the stereo models make it difficult to detect the direction the sound is coming from?
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