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The tip of my 1/4" jack on my HE-500's just broke off inside my DAC!
May 18, 2013 at 5:21 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 23
knwtmsyn

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Has this ever happened to anyone? What is the best way to retrieve the broken piece? Do you think Hifiman would replace the cable?
 
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May 18, 2013 at 5:35 PM Post #2 of 23
Is your headphone under warranty?
 
May 18, 2013 at 5:46 PM Post #3 of 23
That's new, what dac was it? it looks like got too hot in the internals, melting the tip off
 
May 18, 2013 at 6:21 PM Post #6 of 23
May 18, 2013 at 10:33 PM Post #7 of 23
I had the same thing happen on my dt880s with my Kindle Fire HD tablet.  It was a giant pain to get out.
 
May 18, 2013 at 10:46 PM Post #8 of 23
Alot of people would replace the stock Hifiman cables as they are pretty unreliable and not durable. 
 
That said never had the problem with the Hifiman cable but have had it happen countless of times with cheap 3.5 and 6.35mm jacks I've worked with. Your best bet is to try flipping the DAC over on the side and get the tip to fall out on its own. 
 
May 19, 2013 at 8:15 PM Post #10 of 23
May 19, 2013 at 8:23 PM Post #11 of 23
And Canare is too bulky as well. Audeze learnt there lesson from the early LCD2's where people complained about the quality and weight of the supplied Canare cable, up until last year they changed it to the standard microphone ofc cable.
 
May 21, 2013 at 6:38 AM Post #13 of 23
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knwtmsyn said:
Does anyone have any idea how to remove the tip of the quarter inch jack from my amplifier?
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Well, it´s a pretty delicate operation, if the tip is stuck all the way back in the socket. Maybe a stick with some super glue on it? But you have to move fast, and try not to get stuck to something else on your way in 
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. Worst case scenario: You replace the socket.
If you use a long and very small screwdriver, you could also try to pry/bend the spring that holds the tip.
 
May 21, 2013 at 11:23 AM Post #14 of 23
I was thinking maybe something like a small clay ball/paste that I could put on the tip of the broken price so I could slide it in and have it harden around the broken tip. I think liquid would be too dangerous/unreliable. Is there such a thing to use?
 
May 21, 2013 at 12:28 PM Post #15 of 23
I think superglue is as bad idea. if it drips you're screwed. you could, however, try some 5 minute gel epoxy. but still risky. There is some strong double sided tape out there - stuff made by 3M called VHB tape. It's expensive though, about $70 for a roll but it works very well and you would have a roll to use on/with many things. Anyway, with the double sided tape you could try cutting two or three small pieces, stick them together on the end of the broken piece and push in the jack a hold for 30 seconds and then pull it out.
 
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