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Shure E5 broken cable

post #1 of 27
3/9/08 at 2:05pm
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My E5 has a broken cable which I tried to fix several times.
The cable is not entirely broken but just the plastic covering is cracked open en the steel woven outer wire is broken.I tried to solder the outer cable together and tape it together but it just won't hold.I think the plastic covering has gone brittle and cracks easy.The shures are 4 years old and warranty is gone of coarse.(Send them anyway to shure and see what happens...?)
Has someone recabled/opened the E5's with succes,or am I doomed and have to go buy some new IEM?
I use the Shures almost every day at work so I am a heavy user.

Thanks for your advice.
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post #2 of 27
3/12/08 at 4:07am
oh... My E4c cracked too, i sent it back and now the replacement cracked again. I heard se530 have the same problem too, thats the main reason I'm not buying it till westone 3 come out... Really hope shure will look into this problem...
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post #3 of 27
9/11/08 at 5:43pm
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After several failed soldering attempts trying to connect the broken end with some new cable,I ordered some new balanced microphone cable.
(Procab MC105-3,5 mm diameter,)
I managed to open the right casing and and going to completly rewire from splitter to speaker.
I will send some pics when I get the job done.Anyone have done this before?
Hope it will work.
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post #4 of 27
9/11/08 at 5:47pm
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Originally Posted by redaxis View Post
oh... My E4c cracked too, i sent it back and now the replacement cracked again. I heard se530 have the same problem too... Really hope shure will look into this problem...
They have, apparently. New cable formulation or somesuch late last/early this year. All new cables (for the SE530 at least & maybe the whole range) should be much less prone to the cracking problem, AFAIK.
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post #5 of 27
9/21/08 at 6:53am
What type of cracking problem? I had 2 pair of Shure E2c cable cracked on the tip of my left ear when weared over the ear style... that prompted me to hate the design, and went for the ER6i instead.
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post #6 of 27
9/21/08 at 11:37am
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What type of cracking problem? I had 2 pair of Shure E2c cable cracked on the tip of my left ear when weared over the ear style... that prompted me to hate the design, and went for the ER6i instead.
Exactly that.
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post #7 of 27
9/25/08 at 6:26pm
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Hopefully I will recieve the replacement cable this weekend.Took only about 2 weeks...
I will send some pics,working or not.If it's not working I will smash them with a hamer and order some UE's.At least they have decent replacement cables.
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post #8 of 27
9/29/08 at 5:49pm
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Got the job done.Took me more than 4 hours.The most difficult was opening the splitter and getting rid of the glue/silicone that was covering the soldering points.
It's almost impossible to do it and won't recommended it to people with little experience.I will post some pics tomorrow after i get back from work.
I
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post #9 of 27
9/29/08 at 6:09pm
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Still had some time for placing the pics:




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post #10 of 27
9/30/08 at 4:00pm
good show man.
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post #11 of 27
9/30/08 at 4:06pm
Nice Job oO,

Dave
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post #12 of 27
9/30/08 at 5:39pm
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If there is any interest,I will describe the steps I took to replace the cables,and what materials used.
(If there are any people who will go for 4 hours of nervewrecking micro surgery;-)


Anyone done this with the E500?Hear they have also poor cabling.

I suggest Shure uses the same type of replacement cables as UE does in the future.Will keep the customers happy.
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post #13 of 27
9/30/08 at 7:07pm
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Originally Posted by TT600R View Post

I suggest Shure uses the same type of replacement cables as UE does in the future.Will keep the customers happy.
I contacted Shure about options for cable replacement; I'd be willing to purchase another Shure if the cable were replaced completely. They replied, "No," without elaboration. It's obvious that they're annoyed with the cables, too, or at least with increased public intolerance of them.

It's their ball, now. Not a penny more from me until their cables are on the level of Westone.

Oh, the pics are great. The mod must have been hell.
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post #14 of 27
10/4/08 at 12:20am
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Originally Posted by TT600R View Post
Got the job done.Took me more than 4 hours.The most difficult was opening the splitter and getting rid of the glue/silicone that was covering the soldering points.
It's almost impossible to do it and won't recommended it to people with little experience.I will post some pics tomorrow after i get back from work.
I
wow... seems like a heavy surgery... does it effect how they sound after the mod?
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post #15 of 27
10/5/08 at 7:06am
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Sound looks the same.Should be even better because the wires I used are thicker(0,25 mm each) than the Shure ones,and I used silver soldering ;-).
(I just use them on a Iriver H320 without portable amp so I don't get the full package.I still have a PINT board laying here,but don't have time to start working on it.)>>>My Lafayette tube amp is also in overhaul.New frontpanel,volumeknob,silver rewiring,and getting rid of some unused stuff.
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