I’ve torn the diaphragm on my $500 planar headphones Verum 2
Just here to share my pain and roast myself. Hopefully, this gore serves as a warning to never be as dumb as me.
I recently got a pair of Verum 2s. The sound is incredible, I love them. But after a few days, a screw on the right ear cup kept coming loose.
My brilliant DIY idea: put a tiny drop of glue on the thread to lock it in. But then I realized the screw hole was straight through to the inside. My brain immediately went into panic mode, thinking the glue would drip inside and ruin the driver.
So, I did the dumbest thing possible. I decided to open the right cup to check.
For context, planar magnetic drivers have insanely powerful magnets. The literal second I removed the last bolt, the magnetic array violently snapped shut.
It completely annihilated the ultra-thin diaphragm.
Check the attached gore.
I’ve already contacted the creator for a paid repair and I'm ready to pay for my own stupidity. Let my mistake be a lesson: DO NOT open planar headphones. They show no mercy.