@ProtegeManiac   Material science angle, got it.  Increased bass output, especially exaggerated, increases the wear and tear on the speaker.  That summarizes things very well, thank you.  I'll just drop the treble if I want "more" bass.

Thanks for the reply.   I'm not experiencing any sound issues, I'm just being super careful now that I've finally got a nice pair of headphones.   Okay, so in general it's best just to leave the bass alone and lower the high frequencies to better hear the bass.  Got it.  I was already doing...

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum and wanted to ask a possibly silly question.   Is it possible to damage a pair of headphones by enabling BASS BOOST on an iPod, or raising the low frequencies via a software equalizer when listening on a PC?   Thanks and sorry if this has been answered...