Exactly what the title says. No this is not a troll post. There was some hardstuck water in my Holas which sunlight couldn’t remove.

While I knew that my Holas have a N52 magnet inside them and that this could go horribly wrong because of the Faraday’s cage, I thought just 2-3 seconds of microwaving wouldn’t do anything. Also had this exact thought running in my mind “bad things don’t happen to me” right before putting them inside. I was in semi-denial.

The driver tore off in a somewhat audible boom and now the right one doesn’t work. The cable is fine because I didn’t put it in the microwave, but the washing machine destroyed the mic last month and now it responds in flat noise.

Luckily they were worth only $20 but I’m still a student so it was somewhat major of a loss. In need of advice if recovery is possible.

TL;DR: Don’t microwave your IEMs.

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    Please also do not dry off your kitten or dog in the microwave. I feel like you might be one of those people that the sticker had to be designed for.

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    I’ve read somewhere that sticking them in your butt can help reactivate the glue of the driver to the shell. You could try that ?

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    1 year ago

    The government needs to give you a free lifetime public transport card because there is no way having you behind the wheel of a car is safe

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    1 year ago

    You could.have simply put them in a bowl of rice. Leave it on a heater for some extra minimal warming and wait a 2-3 days…but nooo

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    1 year ago

    It seems like everyone on reddit is getting lost and posting in the wrong subreddits lol did you mean to post this on r-slash-stims?

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    My friend, you just recreated an MRI machine + magnet scenario and are asking if your earbuds can be recovered? Why did you skip trying to dry them with silica gel packets or a hairdryer on low setting and go straight for a radioactive box?

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    1 year ago

    My last two braincells started fighting each other to be the third one after reading this…