yokochamas
New Head-Fier
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I didn't find a thread about this exactly. I had a slip of hand while opening my A-700s for modifying, and pulled the copper wire from it's solder point in the right side cup. I found a contact point on the mound of solder and taped the wire there, and this worked until i suppose it moved too much with normal headphone handling. i fixed it again, and it stopped working again, and i hit the headphones out of frustration. i tried fixing it again, which was difficult... and i hit it a number of times more. i am not proud that i did, but it is so. in that act, the red wire also disconnected, and i was able to regain some sort of signal by taping it to the solder. from there, the sound varied from a barely present, old radio sounding signal in the right cup, to all bass and no other signal in the left cup, to a weak but fairly balanced signal across both channels but with a tinny sound in the right.
i haven't tried to simply resolder because i've been interested in switching to the TRP50s. but, before i do that, i wanted to see if i could fix these now as i rather enjoy them despite their lack of midrange, and i feel bad for mucking them up and treating them poorly for the first time in the two years i've had them.
so, does it sound like i may have damaged the drivers, or will this likely be solved by resoldering? i don't expect touching the wire to the solder would be the same as soldering it properly, but i am worried that what did work before (taping the wire to the solder) no longer works now, and that the sound in both cups is wonked.
connections in the left cup seem fine.
i haven't tried to simply resolder because i've been interested in switching to the TRP50s. but, before i do that, i wanted to see if i could fix these now as i rather enjoy them despite their lack of midrange, and i feel bad for mucking them up and treating them poorly for the first time in the two years i've had them.
so, does it sound like i may have damaged the drivers, or will this likely be solved by resoldering? i don't expect touching the wire to the solder would be the same as soldering it properly, but i am worried that what did work before (taping the wire to the solder) no longer works now, and that the sound in both cups is wonked.
connections in the left cup seem fine.