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Hi, people of Head-Fi forums.

 

I know that this post is way beginner-ish, but I learned to do my first fix here, so I thought I might ask...

 

I have an old battered shure e4 that I'm trying to fix up.

 

My first fix: the broken plug.

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Through reading these forums, I bought a neutrik plug and replaced the old plug with the weak connection.

 

But now I found another place with a weak connection...

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The only way I can think to fix this weak connection is to just cut away the L-R splitter protector and rewire the cable so that the weak connection is gone. But I'm just wondering, is there a way to save the splitter protector somehow?

 

Or is there a way to make myself a cable L-R splitter protector?

 

I don't know what the wires would look like if I cut away the L-R splitter protector... I would think that it's there for a purpose, so just cutting it away is kind of dissatisfying for me.

 

 

Also, to fix a potential problem before it happens...

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The rubber sleeves that protected the cables from bending excessively has ripped off from long use. Can anyone suggest a way to replace those rubber sleeves?

 

 

Thanks!!

post #2 of 2

If you are going to replace the "Y" splitter while it's off, use some heat shrink to support the cable where it enters the earphones. Its not to hard to make a "Y" splitter from heat shrink and you're back in business 

 

cheers

FRED

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