[dvallere]

I've gotten headaches every time I've tried to listen to my ZVM for more than an hour. This week I started experimenting with various items in the chain. I've narrowed it down.

It's not my neck lanyard. I got headaches every day and thought perhaps the lanyard (or the weight of the ZVM around my neck) was causing it. But today I carried it in a waist pack and still got a headache.

It's not the volume; that was the first thing I tried, and today it was so low that I could barely distinguish details in the music. Still got a headache.

It's not the headphones; I switched from K81DJ (which admittedly might have been a culprit) last week to PX100 early this week to KSC75 today and still got a headache.

The weather is fine; I am not wearing strange perfume; I got enough sleep last night; I don't have any unusual stressors that I know of.

Is it possible there's some type of component in the ZVM that's doing this? (For example if I were allergic to copper and there were copper bits inside it.) I had a Zen Sleek for about 5 months last year and don't remember ever having this kind of problem with the Sleek and either the PX100 or my UM2, and I did wear it on a neck lanyard.

I'm not an engineer so I can't guess what might be inside the ZVM that could be aggravating this. I really thought getting rid of the K81DJ would do it, but no.

Any ideas?

 

[m_memmory]

What season is it where you are living? Where I am it's summer and the pollen is out and that can easily cause me a headache (as can the heat & humidity)

Just an idea.

 

[dvallere]

Early summer in Seattle, but I take a claritin every day and that takes care of most of it. However, that's a possibility. Maybe I'll stay inside for the next week and see if there is any difference.

 

[bangraman]

Try the stock phones.


And you wear that tank on your neck? Jeesus. You're a brave man.

 

[dvallere]

Why would the stock phones make a difference? Anyway, I can't, they don't fit into my little girly ears.

(Yes, I am a brave girl, not a brave man.)

 

[classicalguy]

Your headache could have nothing to do with your music player. But I think long listening with any headphone could be the cause. Even the very comfortable and open KSC-75s (which I really like). Try taking more breaks from the headphones. Listen for a half hour, then take them off. Yes, listen at the lowest volume that allows you to hear the music. Finally, make sure you're ripping with a sufficiently high bit rate. Low bit rate mp3s can sound screetchy. I recommend ripping APS with the ubernet standard. www.ubernet.org. Just a few ideas.

 

[dvallere]

Everything I have is ripped at 256k wma. But the thing is, I don't get headaches any other time, except about an hour into a listening session. Sitting around working on the computer without music, or watching TV, gardening, whatever - no headaches. Just when I'm listening to music on the dap.

Tomorrow I'm going to try using my desktop to listen to music for more than an hour and see what happens.

 

[bangraman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dvallere Why would the stock phones make a difference? Anyway, I can't, they don't fit into my little girly ears. (Yes, I am a brave girl, not a brave man.)

We are talking about the Zen Vision M yes? Not the Micros?
(Imagines female bodybuilder with arms the size of treetrunks

)


All right, try any earphone. It could just be that sticking things ON your ear is causing you problems.

 

[dvallere]

Yes, the ZVM, not the Zen Vision...

Hopefully I am a bit more dainty than you picture!!

 

[Tech2]

As someone else stated: It may not be your music. What happens if you don't listen for a day? Headaches gone? If so, it may be the music/equipment causing the problem. If you still get headaches without listening for a day or two, look elsewhere: allergies, sinus infection, etc...

 

[dvallere]

Yeah, I already mentioned I'm not getting headaches while doing anything else, only at the 1-hour mark of listening.

Headaches are gone within 1-2 hours of taking off the headphones and doing something else.

 

[pepemosca]

Yeah, I already mentioned I'm not getting headaches while doing anything else, only at the 1-hour mark of listening.
Headaches are gone within 1-2 hours of taking off the headphones and doing something else.

Did you confirm that the issue was the player?
I'm trying to find the reason for my personal headaches... And I want to figure out if the player could do it.

Thanks!