Hello everyone!

I just read from the forum at iLounge. Seems that the fifth generation iPod has a tendency to destroy right earphones. Anyone here has that problem before?

Link to iLounge forum:
http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=144425

Old news, I spoilt a CM7 and a EW9 with iPod mini and iPod photo respectively. Both dead on Right ear driver. Can't believe the problem is still exist.

This post has been edited by Futura: Jun 8 2006, 12:17 AM

So, what to do to solve this problem?

Worried now that my 5G iPod is going to destroy my earphones....

Wah, never knew that the iPod can spoil earphones... But funny, how come only the right one is affected and not the left?

Woah. This makes me want to stop using my new Senn HD555 with my iPod. :|

if this is true... i am feeling something on my sr60 adi!!!!!!!
the right side been having bad distortion for quite a while.!!!
OMG OMG OMG

Wow, you guys had better watch out the headphones! Same for me, but luckily the phones that come with the iPod are still doing fine thus far...

Bumping this up again - can anyone here confirm that their headphones have been damaged through iPod use? I'm getting very mixed results when I look this up through Google. Some blogs reference the iLounge forums regarding the issue, but the comments that fill these blogs are generally sarcastic, blaming damage to drivers on human error rather than the iPod itself.

So, use some Koss phones so u can make full use of the Lifetime Warranty

Wah, so good ah... Lifetime Warranty is not available for many items right?

seem true.. my left earphone got problem always

Whoa... this sux.... is Apple trying to thwart ppl from using anything other than their stock crappy earbuds?

Lol.. this is the first time I hear this.... didn't know such reputable player has fatal problem as this....

I've used my SHE9500 for few months already , no problem so far . But sometimes i think it is a coincidence that many ipod 5g users have their right earphone destroyed , maybe they should blame themselves for blasting it or whatever that may cause this problem?

my original earphone spoilt left side..
tat y i bought she9501

@SanosukeSagara: haha.. I bought that too wei...

strangely, mine old one had the right earphone spoilt as well... hmmmmm weird ah!

This post has been edited by dannytzh: Jun 18 2006, 02:35 PM

as long as it doesn't spoilt my right ear

Maybe we should call in the myth buster and bust the myth

My iPod 3G did that.
First the right one, THEN the left one.
I don't use it nowadays- battery RIP-ed.

Wow, your headphones got damaged in a gradual state, mate... I'm lucky that my iPod phones are still doing fine though!