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A literal dent in your skull?
by gottagocode 6mo ago
A literal dent in your skull?
- the-golden-one 6mo agoIt’s not in the skull, it’s in the soft tissue on top of it. I’ve had the same dent after wearing them for a while, it comes out after a while.
- secalex 6mo agoPhew, that's a relief. Guess that's a reasonable compromise for a $550 product for which there are no other quality competitors.
- pointlessone 6mo agoIt literally gives me a headache after more than an hour of wearing it. This never happens with may AKG that has a very utilitarian and simple headband—a flat piece of plastic. It’s not pretty but I can wear AKG for a whole day and enjoy every minute of it while I’m phisically sick after an hour of AirPods Pro.
- mrcwinn 6mo agoYou're joking, right? There are many high quality competitors in that price range. I'm holding a pair (Sennheiser HDB 630). They are significantly lighter weight, better comfort and sound quality.
- strongpigeon 6mo agoThey are indeed being sarcastic/joking.
- davkan 6mo agoMy hd660s2 leave an indent in my skull. I don’t find them uncomfortable though.
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- RankingMember 6mo agoI thought this was parody at first- are you guys seriously ok with this?
- hyperhello 6mo agoWe want evidence.
- jmkni 6mo agoYou sure that's not from something else?
- kolinko 6mo agoAnother poster here - I can confirm, have the same thing. I don’t worry too much about it though, I assume it will fade if I ever switch to other headphones.
- JumpCrisscross 6mo ago> it’s in the soft tissue on top of it Can anyone with a medical background confirm if this is a thing, or folks are just noticing old undulations in their skulls?
- hug 6mo agoYou shouldn't need a medical background to know that having something press on a spot for a couple of hours will leave a depression in your skin. You have probably fallen asleep on something patterned or folded and have it leave an impression on your skin before: This is no different. Other places it happens: Watches that are slightly too tight or have ridden up an arm. Glasses arms pressing against your temple or behind the ear. Tight socks after a day wearing them. It's not a medical problem. It's just general physics.
- JumpCrisscross 6mo ago> shouldn't need a medical background to know that having something press on a spot for a couple of hours will leave a depression in your skin I read “soft tissue on top of” the skull to mean more than a superficial skin depression. We have layers of connective tissue between the skin and skull [1]. Their damage usually calls for medical attention. [1] https://www.earthslab.com/anatomy/scalp/ https://www.earthslab.com/anatomy/scalp/
- NewsaHackO 6mo agoWhat he's saying though is that the original poster is vastly overstating the effect the headphone had on his head. There was no dent in his skull, just skin deformation that happens with literally every headphone.
- alstonite 6mo agoYeah. My bone grew around the two plastic pieces of the band because the mesh in the middle lost all of its springiness. One day I felt my head and decided that I was switching as soon as a competitor refreshed.
- quietsegfault 6mo agoNot the skull, but probably the scalp. Our scalp is made up of skin, fat, and muscle. When you press a rigid object against it for hours every day, that soft tissue temporarily compresses. It happens to my kid who wears headphones for gaming. It's the same mechanism that leaves red marks on your nose after wearing glasses, or grooves on your ankles after wearing tight socks. Wash your hair, give up on the headphones, and it'll return to normal. The QC2 are about half the weight of the AirPods Max, and apparently the mesh in the AirPods Max band sags, and allows the metal bars to "dig in" to your scalp. Enough to cause irritation, but 400 or 500 grams resting on your head can't mess with an adult, developed skull.
- ModernMech 6mo ago"I found a GAMER DENT in my head..." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rp7emJhjk5g https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rp7emJhjk5g
- iso-logi 6mo ago[dead]