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 wouldn’t worry about turning off the amp just to plug / unplug headphones. Neither the jack nor the socket will care, and turning it off and on often, stresses the amp electronics a lot more.
If I plug in my speakers to the motherboard jack and they’re on, they make a loud ass popping sound, seems a bit unhealthy for the drivers. But idk maybe it’s not.