LizardKing1
Headphoneus Supremus
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Ok normally I don't act like a cheerleader in a low-budget horror movie, but that's how concerned I am. I have owned a pair of Koss PortaPro for some time now, they were the first pair of headphones I put some thought into buying. They were the first thing I ever tried in terms of DIY (recabled, not much of a difference).
I have the drivers separated from their original headband, and today accidentally they came in contact. Basically the back of one of the drivers sticked to the other. I was fearing the membrane had been damaged, but it seems fine, not a scratch. However, I am like the Aztec looking at the sun and sacrificing his neghbours to it so it doesn't go away for ever: I don't know pretty much anything practical about electromagnetism, and I'm afraid that this contact between the 2 drivers would ruin one or both. I can't try them right now, and I'm obsessisve enough to think they might be a bit damaged even if they sound fine. I read on Hydrogenaudio that a headphone driver's magnet is in a very strong magnetic field, and you would need a very powerful magnet to demagnetize it - well another headphone driver would logically be strong enough, I guess. So, can something like this demagnetize a driver's magnet?
PS: By the way, what I'm doing trying to mod them into something I have never seen on Head-Fi, although I imagine some have done it - transplant it into a closed portable structure of the cheapos I bought for 13€ (very cheap, for those who don't mess with €). I would actually enjoy some feedback, has anyone ever tried the PortaPros in a closed structure? besides soundstage, was there any trade-off?
I have the drivers separated from their original headband, and today accidentally they came in contact. Basically the back of one of the drivers sticked to the other. I was fearing the membrane had been damaged, but it seems fine, not a scratch. However, I am like the Aztec looking at the sun and sacrificing his neghbours to it so it doesn't go away for ever: I don't know pretty much anything practical about electromagnetism, and I'm afraid that this contact between the 2 drivers would ruin one or both. I can't try them right now, and I'm obsessisve enough to think they might be a bit damaged even if they sound fine. I read on Hydrogenaudio that a headphone driver's magnet is in a very strong magnetic field, and you would need a very powerful magnet to demagnetize it - well another headphone driver would logically be strong enough, I guess. So, can something like this demagnetize a driver's magnet?
PS: By the way, what I'm doing trying to mod them into something I have never seen on Head-Fi, although I imagine some have done it - transplant it into a closed portable structure of the cheapos I bought for 13€ (very cheap, for those who don't mess with €). I would actually enjoy some feedback, has anyone ever tried the PortaPros in a closed structure? besides soundstage, was there any trade-off?
