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Questions tagged [headphones]

Hacks related to using, cleaning, and storing headphones and earbuds.

Hacks related to using, , and storing headphones and earbuds.

This tag relates to both in-ear headphones (also known as earbuds) and over-the-head devices, usually used for listening to music without sharing it with the rest of the world.

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How to keep track of which earphone is left or right?

Usually the problem with earphones is that you don't know which goes to which ear. Of course there are some small markings (such as L or R), but who wants to read those every time when you want to use them (especially in some dark places). Which…
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How to make sure nobody can hear anything when I'm listening music through my headphones

I'm looking for an easy way to check if people around me can hear any noises coming out of my (in-ear) headphones. Of course there's always the possibility to take the headphones off for a moment, and listen if you can hear anything while not…
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How To Untangle Headphones

I am usually a little lazy and forget to prepare my headphones correctly as said in this question. My tangled headphones look a bit like this: It can take forever to get the headphones reorganized, having to take that wire and put it there and all…
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How do I stop my ears from getting sweaty/greasy while wearing large headphones?

I use my headphones a lot and after several hours of wearing them, my ears and the skin around them feel greasy and dirty. When used for a very long time, it sometimes causes a burning sensation. I've tried regularly wiping the area clean but that…
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How to prevent my earphones from falling out when I wear the helmet?

I have these earphones. They fall off my ears when I wear the helmet for riding on the scooter. What can I do to prevent them from falling? Normally also they keep on falling off.
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How to wear the headphone with less stress for my head?

I am using Jabra Evolve 65 headphones for my work. However, I find it is quite stressful for my head. I am looking for some solutions to sort this problem out.
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How do I make it so no one can hear my music when i have my earphones in?

I don't get why my friends can hear my music when I have my earphones in but when I take them out they can't hear them. It is so confusing so I need help on how to make them not hear my music when I have headphones in.
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Headphones are uncomfortable to wear

So I have an Afterglow headset and I use it very frequently. After a while of wearing it though my ears start to hurt and a blister has developed on one of my ears. How can I make them more comfortable? The blister developed on the anti helix of the…
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Fix ear cup foam and leather

I have Steelseries Prism Elite headset Any idea how to fix ear cups fake leather, its slowly going to loose? Hard to explain, heres to images how it should be and hows it now. Both ear cups are having same issue. I have been thinking just to rip…
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head phone wire strengthening part sheared off

the protector of the 3.5 mm pin which is designed to bend slight amount, has sheared off. The spring hack seemed to work for few days. It held the pin cover firmly. but unfortunately in the train the spring with wire got pulled ,that time the…
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