Exactly what the title says. No this is not a troll post. There was some hardstuck water in my Holas which sunlight couldn’t remove.

While I knew that my Holas have a N52 magnet inside them and that this could go horribly wrong because of the Faraday’s cage, I thought just 2-3 seconds of microwaving wouldn’t do anything. Also had this exact thought running in my mind “bad things don’t happen to me” right before putting them inside. I was in semi-denial.

The driver tore off in a somewhat audible boom and now the right one doesn’t work. The cable is fine because I didn’t put it in the microwave, but the washing machine destroyed the mic last month and now it responds in flat noise.

Luckily they were worth only $20 but I’m still a student so it was somewhat major of a loss. In need of advice if recovery is possible.

TL;DR: Don’t microwave your IEMs.

  • nelisteB
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    1 year ago

    You don’t need sunlight, just leave that iem alone for few days.
    Make the process faster using silica gel, or just put in warm place like inside PC case.
    Water evaporates.

    For me it depends on what kind of water that got into iem, one time I just double down and clean it again with alcohol.