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Has gear or a recording ever made your ears hot?

We've all had the experience of listening to electronics or speakers that were far too bright, or accentuated some frequency so much we had to run out of the room but have you ever felt your ears get literally hot from listening?

Like your outer ear feels like it's got an electric blanket on it. It's not a pleasant feeling at all. 

If you've had this experience, what did you attribute it to?

erik_squires
ebm
9,311 posts
 

Never had this problem as I have a great MAGICO based system with the best ancillary components. 

isochronism
2,893 posts
 

Check your blood pressure.

oldhvymec
5,101 posts
 

I've wanted to cover my ears. Does that count? I've wanted to claw my ears off and dig out my eyes. Yoko Ono.. 

Regards

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noromance
9,470 posts
 

Never. And I have mild tinnitus that doesn't like >85dB. How loud were you listening?

zlone
416 posts
 

I have experienced this and attribute it to greater sensitivity to higher volumes, I.e. age. 

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