Like most of us, our headphones will eventually come to an end out of nowhere. Mine just died as I was just listening to some music on my chair. I was pretty upset as this is my second set and both was pretty pricey. I had an Audio Technica ATH-CKS55BK which was a real pleasure for bass and the Sol Republic Amps, which gives me a clear crisp sound. I had one for a year and the other for a week until it breaks (respectively). So I decided to go "What the heck" and just try to fix it.
Steps:
- Find where the disconnect happens in your cable.
- Simple twist your cable 90 degrees until you get your sound back.
- Mark the spot
- Strip the wire and check if it is broken or not.
- It will look like the cable is loose (sorry no picture!)
- If so, you can cut the cable there
- You want to make excess cable exposed as you will have to twist it together
- make sure to slide you Heatsink tube NOW, later would just make it ugly
- Twist the cable and apply some heat to remove any enamel coating
- Plug it in to make sure you have a solid connection!
- Solder together
- Seal with Heat sink Tube!
- Make sure to apply heat as a distance, as close range fire will burn the tubing
This is a super quick and easy process. You will lose some length on your headphones due to tying them together, and the closer it it to the ear-bud, the smaller your margin of error is! It was pretty nerve wrecking as I was not sure if it is going to work or not; the key is to make sure you have a solid connection before you solder it.
The sounds was similar quality, depending on how solid your connection is - you may hear cracks from loose connection. Try it on some cheap pairs before you do your expensive one! Good luck!
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