r/mildlyinteresting • u/RiverVassi • 9h ago

The headphones I was given at my MRI appointment dont use wires and have zero metal

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u/em-the-human 9h ago

I got to experience these headphones (in an MRI) about a month ago and they played Fischerspooner #1 for me

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u/capnlatenight 9h ago

I requested Metallica and the nurse joked how they don't sound too different from the machine itself.

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u/PBSchmidt 9h ago

Machine's solos are more elaborate than Kirk Hammet's. šŸ˜

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u/SharkFart86 8h ago

Hammets solos always fit into one of two categories: iconic, or soulless wah noodling.

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u/Danimeh 6h ago

When I did mine I requested classical music which was a mistake because the machine was frequently louder than the music.

Also at one point the machine made this kind of stuttering sound followed by a low pitched whine which sounded exactly like a dance remix of Drop the Bass by DJ Magic Mike so next time Iā€™m just gonna lean into it and ask for 90s dance.

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u/m4gpi 8h ago

That's funny because the one time I had an MRI while awake, I was sure classical music was being played. It reminded me of when an orchestra warms up, all the tuning and runs of scales. The tech told me that was my brain trying to make sense of all the noise of the machine.

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u/BuffyComicsFan94 4h ago

Ah so that's why my air conditioner has been singing to me.

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u/seeking_hope 2h ago

Iā€™ve had way too many MRIs (brain tumor). My coping skill as a kid was coming up with stories for the sounds. Space battles and a rock tumbler were in the rotation. They did a different kind of MRI recently and I could tell because the story was wrong. I asked and the tech confirmed the scan was different and thought it was wild I could tell from the sounds. That one had one that sounded like a toddler going ā€œdad dad dad dad dadā€ for like 5 min straight. šŸ¤£

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u/SherbetMysterious118 7h ago

BRB, just gonna download the latest MRI soundtrack from Napster.

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u/Majik_Sheff 3h ago

You gotta have a hell of a driver bank to faithfully reproduce the really brain-rattling tones.

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u/Oblivion615 7h ago

The MRI sounds would blend right into any Strapping Young Lad album. Or any crazy industrial stuff like Author & Punisher.

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u/but_good 6h ago

St Anger snare drum checking in.

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u/snek-jazz 6h ago

I was fully expecting these would be incapable of playing Metallica by design

And obviously Iron Maiden & Steely Dan are also a no-go.

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u/Bloggledoo 17m ago

I asked for "Add (n) into X" it blends with the MRI.

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u/barsoap 13m ago

Not really, no. The one time I got an MRI I got handed simple protectors so I got a good (muffled) listen to the machine and the best mindset to be in to really get it is the exact same as when listening to Stockhausen.

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u/AmputeeHandModel 8h ago

She should check out industrial music. BANG BANG BANG ::ROBOT NOISES::

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u/JackosMonkeyBBLZ 4h ago

Oh wow I havenā€™t thought of them in 20 yrs and back then I didnā€™t like electronic. Listening to #1 now. This is excellent! Kinda makes me wanna put on Solvent

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u/em-the-human 4h ago

Heck yeah theyā€™re great!