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Anyone else getting serious shocks from the new in-ear Apple headphones?

jmpage2

jmpage2

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I own several pairs of high end headphones and have never gotten shocked from any of them.

I am getting painful shocks all the time with my new in-ear headphones, even when doing light activity like shoveling my walk way this morning.

What gives?

I can swap the Apple headphones out for some crappy Senheisers in mid "shock" and the shocks stop!
 
jmpage2 said:
I own several pairs of high end headphones and have never gotten shocked from any of them.

I am getting painful shocks all the time with my new in-ear headphones, even when doing light activity like shoveling my walk way this morning.

What gives?

I can swap the Apple headphones out for some crappy Senheisers in mid "shock" and the shocks stop!
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I've had the same thing happen. Now and then as i am walking along it shocks me in the ear.
 
TBH, I was super disappointed with these. I bought them at the Apple Store and could barely get them to fit. Five minutes after buying and trying, I was returning them. :mad::rolleyes:

I was hoping they'd be way better.

If you are getting shocked, get a new pair or explain and return them.
 
jmpage2 said:
I own several pairs of high end headphones and have never gotten shocked from any of them.

I am getting painful shocks all the time with my new in-ear headphones, even when doing light activity like shoveling my walk way this morning.

What gives?

I can swap the Apple headphones out for some crappy Senheisers in mid "shock" and the shocks stop!
Click to expand...

I get shocks as well
I've found that its from taking off my jacket while listening to music
I have a jacket that seems to generate lots of static when I remove it, and the shock always travels up the headphones into my ear
 
Hmm, l replaced mine last month and have noticed the shocks too. This is my third pair and I never have this shock problem with the previous two. Maybe a bad batch? Time to visit the Apple Store...
 
I think it has to do with something in the cord because it happens to me with the new in-ears when I take off my coat, but it previously happened to me all the time with the regular stock earphones which I had modded. I had Sennheiser CX300 buds put onto the stock iPhone cable and got shocked, again, any time I took off my coat.
 
It happens to me when I put on/take off my fleece hoody. Sometimes from my backpack. Can you get replacement headphones for this at the Genius Bar or is it just something I have to deal with?
 
I don't think it's sweat as when I was shoveling and getting shocked it was 10 degrees outside and I definitely wasn't sweating.

It's probably friction with clothing resulting in static.

But that doesn't explain why none of my other headphones do this, time for some explaining Apple!.
 
Holly Sh*T! I got shocked today!!!!! Got it in both ears a few minutes apart. I was not moving or rubbing against anything. I was sitting at my wood desk in the office watching a video. WTF!!!!
 
This does explain why I got shocked yesterday at the gym while I was lifting. I just thought it was from the glances by the hot girls looking at my bod.

But seriously I have gotten shocked in the ear while wearing them before. If Apple came out with a software update that would enable the volume controls on my original iPhone, I am willing to "forget" about it.
 
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