Originally Posted by TierFlyer
Ok, couldn't find this on search:
Inflight film made her ears really pop.
There was a lot of static and all of a sudden there was one huge 'Bang!'" Saunders told the Daily News. "I threw [the headphones] off and screamed. My ears started to bleed. It blew out everyone's headsets in my row.
Yikes!
Daily News, so take it with a grain of salt.
I can't imagine headphones having the power to blow eardrums no matter what energy comes down the wire. The speaker itself will die first.