sgprater
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After six months of hearing nothing but praise, I think I'm finally convinced that I need to get myself a pair of JH13s. I do have one question, though, about the build: will they become fragile in subzero temperatures? I walk back-and-forth to work all year long, and during the winter, exposed cables tend to get stiff in the bitter cold. Should I worry about them being damaged by the cold, or the cable becoming liable to cracking and snapping?
I have listened to my Shure E530s for three consecutive winters now, without any problems (although I am careful about removing them when they're cold, and I don't roll them up and put them away until they've had a chance to warm up). Given the price differential, though, I'd be much more leery of exposing the JH13s to those kinds of conditions if I thought they could be damaged.
Perhaps I should ask this question in three months (unless any south-of-the-equator users have some recent experience using them in the cold.) But I have a brief financial window of opportunity right now...
I have listened to my Shure E530s for three consecutive winters now, without any problems (although I am careful about removing them when they're cold, and I don't roll them up and put them away until they've had a chance to warm up). Given the price differential, though, I'd be much more leery of exposing the JH13s to those kinds of conditions if I thought they could be damaged.
Perhaps I should ask this question in three months (unless any south-of-the-equator users have some recent experience using them in the cold.) But I have a brief financial window of opportunity right now...