Got my hair cut today and therefore decided not to put my LCD-X on out of fear some little bit of hair somehow makes its way onto the planar drivers, and it got me thinking about what sorts of ‘precautions’ we have to take over much cheaper and more robust consumer grade headphones, but I do other things like:
When putting them into the pelican case, the 6.5mm jack goes in first so I dont end up stabbing the drivers (I’ve seen some horrific posts on this sub)
Plugging them into (or removing from) the amp only when it’s off
Putting them on *very* gently
Am I paranoid?
I’ve had a pair of OG Senny Momentum’s, corded from late 2014. Other than replacing the cable when I rolled over it/my cat chewed through it they still sound great. They’ve been on plenty of flights, dropped, kicked over and the only damage they suffered is the ear cup ripped from the plastic that holds it onto the headphone. Lil super glue and it looks like new!!
My Andromedas I am much nicer to at the moment for the obvious reasons.