Übercomplicated

Edit: see Naich’s reply to my comment. Neodymium magnets as a whole are not, indeed, banned; thanks for the correction!

Neodymium magnets are extremely important for many sectors. It is ridiculous to ban them.

Australia has, for example, shot itself in the foot vis-a-vis the small-audio company market with this, as neodymium magnets are widely used in speakers, headphones, IEMs, and even microphones. Many a legendary audio company has started out of someone’s garage, see KLH — this becomes exceedingly difficult when essential resources like neodymium magnets are not available.

I had to double take at neodymium — wtf!!! Neodymium is completely standard for audio drivers, where the choice of the magnet is actually very important! My good old Philips 2XHR literally proudly advertise on the shell that they have a 50mm neodymium dynamic driver inside them… banning them is ridiculous

This is a much, much better article. I’m surprised at the NYPost’s shoddy quality (though I don’t know much about them); the headline especially feels misleading. Thanks for sharing a better source.