Ahhhhh! Headphone Help!

[Paranoid_]

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Here's the problem..

I've had these headphones for around 1 year now and the other day, I accidentally yanked a weebit too hard at the cable, now the wiring is screwed. They are a set of "ZALMAN Theatre 6 (ZM-RS6F) - 5.1 Surround Headphones" and they have served me well, a comfortable and decent listening set of headphones for a reasonable price. After this incident I unfortunately find only a few of the speakers in the headphones working, unless I fiddle with the cable and then they work fine. (The wiring is screwed).


Here is a diagram to help you understand the issue:

1. Now, where the cable connects to the headset [circled], if I push the cable deeper into the headset [in the direction for the arrow], all systems are go and each of the seperate speakers inside the headphones work and everything is fine. However, if no pressure is applied to the connection, only a few speakers are working inside the headset and it flickers between a few.


2. As you can see, there are 3 jacks which are for 'Center', 'Front' and 'Rear' [circled]. Therefore...


More Jacks = More Wiring = More Complicated = Harder to Fix

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To be honest, I wouldn't have a clue where to start if I was to try and fix the headphones. I have looked around on the internet a bit and I found an article and review on this specific set of headphones. They are easily openable and easy to operate on. For all you people who know what you're talking about, here's a couple of snaps of the insides of the headphones (including wiring)..

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So.. what do you guys think? Would there be a chance to take these headphones to an electrician or computer-technician and pay them to get it fixed, or am I better off buying another pair of $150-200 headphones?


Btw.. I don't want to hear "Do you have a reciept, just claim warranty!" because this doesn't come under warranty..

Here's where you can find alot of information on this specific set of headphones...

Cheers for any help you can offer.. ;(

 

[ericj]

This sort of repair is relatively straightforward. I could do it for you, but it would be months before you got them back because i'm just not into the tinker-for-hire gig.

Basically you have to chop off the cable about an inch before it goes into the earcup, and then wire that back into the earcup. You just match up which color of wire goes where.

Saving the strain relief that came with the original cable is tricky business, and could turn out to be impossible, but occasionally I'll be successful in using a razor blade to cut half way through the meatiest part of a molded strain relief, which allows me to peel the cable and insulation out of it.

Generally, once I've done that, it's simple enough to feed the cable through the strain relief and glue it in.

 

[Paranoid_]

One particular problem with that scheme. I live in New Zealand

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Any idea of how much this operation would cost at a professional local shop?