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How to discharge electrostatic headphones.

post #1 of 5
9/4/10 at 6:55pm
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Okay, excuse my ignorance, especially seeing that I have several pair of electrostatic headphones.  But I keep reading comments about the need to regularly

discharge electrostatic headphones, especially the ESP-950's and Jades.  How does one correctly discharge electrostatic headphones, and why is this

necessary.

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post #2 of 5
9/4/10 at 7:05pm

All you need to do is touch the metal contacts on the plug.

 

You might receive a slight shock though.

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post #3 of 5
9/5/10 at 1:56pm

lick the contacts

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post #4 of 5
9/5/10 at 6:47pm

Heh, might be fun to lick them.

 

Discharging the phones' should make it attract less dust, by reducing the electric field strength inside the drivers. Not really a big deal if you keep your phones somewhere relatively dust-free (inside a drawer works for me).

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post #5 of 5
9/5/10 at 9:08pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by inteificio View Post

lick the contacts


lick this!

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