I’m with you, being able to hear is one reason I like light, over the ear headphones like came with a walkman back in the day, but they’re really hard to find now. All the over the ear are huuuge emulating Beats.
This is the style I like in corded headphones, the open cell foam pads give good ambient sound and keep your ears cool.
Below is the superlight bluetooth ones I’ve been using, if I wanted better ambient sound I’d cut off the closed pads and replace it with open cell foam.
