Previously posted in mildly interesting a year ago, doesn’t qualify anymore: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/18714104

Probably disintegrating, I don’t know. But now I’ll finally have to buy new ones. Currently there’s 6 oozing points in total. 3 are minor, one is now inactive (the 2024 pimple), one I taped over, but it’s starting to overflow, and one near the jack is major.

I now cannot plug them in without getting sticky residue everywhere. Also the rubber on the outside is starting to crumble a bit.
I am a cheapskate, but this may be their end.

  • Quills@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    11 hours ago

    Whaa, a follow up on the pimple headphones!? Ouch, yeah that looks even worse now, crazy that you kept using them even after all this time, yeah, that looks like replacing time indeed.

    If it didn’t sound like a possibly very unsafe idea I’d say i wonder how much it would degrade and how would it look if you sealed it on some kind of bag and left it there for a very log time haha

  • Übercomplicated@lemmy.mlEnglish
    21·
    21 hours ago

    The 7Hz x Crinacle Zero 2 and the Truthear Gate or Hola (worse but a little cheaper) are both pretty good and around $20. Might be worth considering for a good replacement.

    People also like the Moondrop Chu II, but they have bad QC and I don’t like the frequency response (too V-shaped), so I wouldn’t recommend them.

  • Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    I would try two things.

    1. heat gun the goo a little (get it up to like 150F or so) and see if it the sappy liquid runs and you can maybe clean it and drain it easier at temp

    2. get some shrink wrap to seal up the ends. That might help for a while if you can get it tight.

    I’m not familiar with those headphones but sometimes manufacturers will put grease or goo inside the cables to reduce straining and folding of the wires.

    It looks kinda like rosin in the photo. I wonder if something inside the device was saturated in rosin and its just leaking down the cable?

  • baggachipz@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    841·
    2 days ago

    Given that:

    1. The statue of Mother Mary cries;
    2. These earphones are weeping;

    You are witnessing divine signals from heaven above, and can charge people money to make the holy trek to witness your hallowed earphones.

  • whaleross@lemmy.worldEnglish
    77·
    2 days ago

    I think cancer treatment will be more costly than a new pair of earbuds or whatever your next cheap accessory that is leaking unknown chemicals.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    61·
    1 day ago

    It is the era of device

    Get something newer as overtime the older rubber like materials tend to break down.

  • TheFogan@programming.devEnglish
    1101·
    2 days ago

    You clearly left out the main thing anyone would need to troubleshoot this issue… what kind of music are you listening to. Obviously low quality music will wreck headphones no matter how good they are.

  • atomicorange@lemmy.worldEnglish
    351·
    2 days ago

    If it’s leaking from the inside, it may be that the polymer never properly cured and is still liquid on the interior. You could try returning it as defective, or just shell out for a new cable

      • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        613·
        2 days ago

        Hot take: They’re IEMs, so they’re garbage nonetheless. For a proper soundstage, over ear open- or semi-open-backs are the only way to go.

        That said, I understand the need for a smaller headphone if you just need something playing in your ears during exercise or at work, which is perfectly fine so long as you’re not making them your primary pair of headphones.

        Few things trigger me more than seeing a game streamer using earbuds. You’re bypassing your pinna—so you’re not getting proper 3D audio—which is critical for competitive games these days!

          • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
            514·
            2 days ago

            Don’t toss your articles at me; I may not have phrased my comment the way you wanted me to (due to ADHD), but I know what I’m about, son.

            If your pinna is being bypassed, you can’t get proper 3D audio without faking it in software. Plain and simple. That’s the point I’m making. Nothing more.

            • KingOfSuede@lemmy.worldEnglish
              8·
              2 days ago

              Doesn’t matter if the pinna is bypassed or not. 3d audio (soundstage) requires both ears to receive signal from the same point source. The time delay between the two ears receiving the signal is the crux of the entire premise. Headphones inherently defeat that entirely by having the entire ear subjected to one side of the audio.

              Ergo, headphones do not provide any 3d audio or soundstage.

              • AnyOldName3@lemmy.worldEnglish
                4·
                23 hours ago

                That’s not entirely true anymore. Sound engineers did lots of experiments with microphones placed in the ears of plastic heads, and as a result, we know the modifications that need to be made to a sound to make it seem like it’s coming from so specific point when played through headphones. It works with both over-ear and in-ear ones and works well (despite what the other poster said) as pinna squiggles are accounted for and it turns out that humans don’t need their own personal pinna shape for it to work.

                You can find impressive demos by searching for binaural sound, both from microphones in a plastic head or with simulated HRTF.