Knarfje
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Hej,
For some time, I've heard some rattling sound coming from the left channel of my beloved AKG K-400. I first checked if there was maybe some hair or other stuff causing this, but unfortunately that was not the case. Opened up the left can and by accident loosened one of the cables attached to the driver. I guess the connection was already bad, as it loosened quite easily. Also got of the other cable of the driver and tested the driver on its own, the rattling still occurred. So it's the driver itself.
According to the service manual the driver/capsule is part number 2400Z0001. Online I can only find one source the has this part (http://www.cimplespares.com/product.php/17583/0) but they do not ship to the Netherlands. Somebody knows where to get this part? I will also mail to service@akg.com but I do not expect that they supply these parts directly to customers?
Furthermore, according to the service manual you only have to replace the capsule that is defective. So I don't have to worry about a mismatch with the old driver (after the new driver has been burned in some time of course)? I mean, it would be quite possible that the new drivers that are being produced now are not exactly the same as they were made about 15 years ago? Would it also be possible to replace both drivers with the drivers of the 'higher' models, like the K-500/K-601/K-701? Or don't they fit physically? Or maybe they would not sound right in the K-400 housing? I ask, because when looking at the price of the drivers of those models (at Cimple Spares) they are all about the same price ... so maybe upgrading is worthwhile?
Ok, assume I have the replacement driver(s), then I want to try fixing it myself. I do not have any experience with soldering yet, but I wanna try/learn. Do you think it should be doable for me then? Maybe the trickiest part is that before you can start soldering the cable to the pins of the driver, you have to install the driver and three plastic parts that come on top of it into the complete can, which makes the pins not so easily accessible, not an easy start for a soldering beginner )
By the way, are gas soldering irons any good for this kind of jobs? Most are multifunctional, in which case you can use it for heatshrinks too. Would be handy to have it in one tool (when going to do some more (re)cabling stuff). Or is it better to stick to electric irons for this kind of work?
Thanks in advance,
Frank
For some time, I've heard some rattling sound coming from the left channel of my beloved AKG K-400. I first checked if there was maybe some hair or other stuff causing this, but unfortunately that was not the case. Opened up the left can and by accident loosened one of the cables attached to the driver. I guess the connection was already bad, as it loosened quite easily. Also got of the other cable of the driver and tested the driver on its own, the rattling still occurred. So it's the driver itself.
According to the service manual the driver/capsule is part number 2400Z0001. Online I can only find one source the has this part (http://www.cimplespares.com/product.php/17583/0) but they do not ship to the Netherlands. Somebody knows where to get this part? I will also mail to service@akg.com but I do not expect that they supply these parts directly to customers?
Furthermore, according to the service manual you only have to replace the capsule that is defective. So I don't have to worry about a mismatch with the old driver (after the new driver has been burned in some time of course)? I mean, it would be quite possible that the new drivers that are being produced now are not exactly the same as they were made about 15 years ago? Would it also be possible to replace both drivers with the drivers of the 'higher' models, like the K-500/K-601/K-701? Or don't they fit physically? Or maybe they would not sound right in the K-400 housing? I ask, because when looking at the price of the drivers of those models (at Cimple Spares) they are all about the same price ... so maybe upgrading is worthwhile?
Ok, assume I have the replacement driver(s), then I want to try fixing it myself. I do not have any experience with soldering yet, but I wanna try/learn. Do you think it should be doable for me then? Maybe the trickiest part is that before you can start soldering the cable to the pins of the driver, you have to install the driver and three plastic parts that come on top of it into the complete can, which makes the pins not so easily accessible, not an easy start for a soldering beginner )
By the way, are gas soldering irons any good for this kind of jobs? Most are multifunctional, in which case you can use it for heatshrinks too. Would be handy to have it in one tool (when going to do some more (re)cabling stuff). Or is it better to stick to electric irons for this kind of work?
Thanks in advance,
Frank