[astranovus]

this might be a weird question,

but is it not unhealthy to have a strong magnet field near ones ear all the time (as in drivers)

i'm just interested whether anybody knows , whether this could be potentially harmful, if one uses headphones for years and years for sustained periods of times during a day

 

[Marek_K]

I seriously doubt that cans magnets have strong field(crain to pick up wrecked cars has strong magnetic filed).
And I dont think that magnetic field can cause damage even after years of using headphones, its not the same as EM field from mobile phones etc...

But If u dot like this idea anyway- get yourself a pair of some electrostatics

there should not be magnets AFAIK.

 

[darkninja67]

I would be more concerned with cellular use than headphones personally.

 

[Oliver :)]

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Originally Posted by darkninja67 I would be more concerned with cellular use than headphones personally.

And breathing too, in many places. Being alive is awfully dangerous and will by all means come to a deadly end. I feel cheated.

 

[darkninja67]

I will add that listening at loud volumes would be a major concern as far as headphones go.

 

[Towert7]

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Originally Posted by darkninja67 I will add that listening at loud volumes would be a major concern as far as headphones go.

Ditto.

Headphones have very weak magnetic fields (since the voice coil is right at the magnet, it doesn't have to be a field that spreads over great distances.

Now, if we were talking about a 15T field inside your head, then yea..... you could start to create magnetic dipole moments inside your body and that might make you dizzy (thus why its not a good idea to move around inside a MRI machine when its on.

And for those who commented on cell phones. Those are not "really" pure magnetic fields as a headphone magnet creates, they are EM waves (quite different). Now those have been proven to cause brain damage.

 

[darkninja67]

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Originally Posted by Towert7 And for those who commented on cell phones. Those are not "really" pure magnetic fields as a headphone magnet creates, they are EM waves (quite different). Now those have been proven to cause brain damage.

I was just commenting about the damage cell phones can cause, not that they are generators of magnetic energy.

 

[Towert7]

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Originally Posted by darkninja67 I was just commenting about the damage cell phones can cause, not that they are generators of magnetic energy.

Opps, my mistake

 

[darkninja67]

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Originally Posted by Towert7 Opps, my mistake

Actually my mistake. All my cell phone usage has created a tumor.

 

[YamiTenshi]

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Originally Posted by Towert7 And for those who commented on cell phones. Those are not "really" pure magnetic fields as a headphone magnet creates, they are EM waves (quite different). Now those have been proven to cause brain damage.

LOL! I've suspected for a long time that cell phone use would cause brain damage... or was it the other way around?