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Simply put, will putting my earphones on a cable box ruin them? Just bought a pair of harman/kardon AEs, and mistakenly put them on the cable box for a short pediod of time. Maybe 10 seconds, don't exactly remember how long. Will it have ruined my AEs? Quite panicking now, so need help. And I bought these here in the US, and will I be able to get a repair in S.Korea because I'm going back home (S.Korea) tomorrow?

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confused.gif Why would setting your headphones down on your cable box ruin them? confused.gif
    
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Originally Posted by lordj View Post

Simply put, will putting my earphones on a cable box ruin them? Just bought a pair of harman/kardon AEs, and mistakenly put them on the cable box for a short pediod of time. Maybe 10 seconds, don't exactly remember how long. Will it have ruined my AEs? Quite panicking now, so need help. And I bought these here in the US, and will I be able to get a repair in S.Korea because I'm going back home (S.Korea) tomorrow?
Thanks OCN

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post #4 of 10
Plug them in and find out?
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post #5 of 10
Cable boxes don't put off any more interference or anything than any other electronic device... Even if they did I still don't think it would hurt your headphones.
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Originally Posted by killeraxemannic View Post

Cable boxes don't put off any more interference or anything than any other electronic device... Even if they did I still don't think it would hurt your headphones.

Yes. EMI isn't going to ruin a set of mechanical drivers and some wires covered in plastic.
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post #7 of 10

Your earbuds are fine. Things like that are not as sensitive as you may think. Hell, my AD700s get thrown in and out of a bag often and still sound just as good as the day I got them. 

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Worried about heat maybe?
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post #9 of 10

Even then, that kind of heat won't do anything to them.

Remember, earbuds are MEANT to be WORN! You know, used like a normal person. So that means that can take some abuse so i wouldn't worry to much about it.

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Alright. Thanks guys!
   
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