Would there be consequences of having a headbandless over ear headphone?

[ice]

What if we just put big superconductors or neodymium magnets on over ear headphones to make them like true wireless earbuds except over ear, with the head sandwiched in between? I'm sure we could concoct the appropriate size magnet to support the left and right over ear headphones without a headband

Audio tech would have to be changed to remove consequences of magnets so close to what are traditional drivers which would be impacted by the magnets

[SMIFFY]

Imagining someone walking along and their head being pulled towards steel objects like sign posts and cars.

[Morkonan]

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What if we just put big superconductors or neodymium magnets on over ear headphones to make them like true wireless earbuds except over ear, with the head sandwiched in between? I'm sure we could concoct the appropriate size magnet to support the left and right over ear headphones without a headband

Audio tech would have to be changed to remove consequences of magnets so close to what are traditional drivers which would be impacted by the magnets

This is a universally bad idea. At least, as closely as I can follow your description.

For one, if you mean using magnetic attraction to hold these in place, understand that with pressure on tissue comes consequences. That energy of compression just doesn't magically disappear. For another, an EM field of sufficient strength to penetrate the skull and interior tissues would be the brain's equivalent of a "Bad Touch..."

There's already a bit of suspicion about EM waves that can somewhat penetrate tissue. These cause even more suspicious local elevation of temperature. That's a magnetic field interacting with whatever it wishes and causing localized temperature increases, which shouldn't be surprising, right? And, this is what sparked the whole "cell phones cause cancer and brain disease" controversy.

What you're suggesting is... ungood. People do not get along very well when their brain is exposed to very high EM fields. While these wouldn't be necessarily oscillating, the strength necessary would be prohibitive, IMO.

Note: This is also unnecessary. Over-the-ear earphones and even fitted earbuds are already available. I discourage the use of the latter as I don't believe those who make use of them are very much aware of the damage they can cause. For the former, they're find in moderation at low volume levels, provided they don't seal against the ear canal. I am not an audiologist, though.

[ulia]

The superconductor and magnet demonstrations you've been watching make them levitate by counteracting the downwards force of gravity, which your magnet and head sandwich needs to counteract too. There's far too many conflicts for this meme to even be practical in concept, not ignoring the discomfort of having your head stuck in a magnetic vice, and a magnetic field sufficient enough to do this probably rendering the drivers unusable.

[Triple G]

But if You just use superglue - You don´t need magnets...

Just saying - would also help with the sign, post and cars problem or with whatever things the random people near You might have or wear, because at some point the weight You carry at Your head would just be too much. You´d fall over. That literally doesn´t get You anywhere.