[soundlover9]

i was in class listening to my headphones and was just putting them back into the bag when my friend looks and the cord and pulls that spring right out of the jack, wth was he thinking, anyway i can't put it back in i was just wondering if it really did anything?

 

[Nagasaki_Kid]

It acts as a stress relief for the plug. try coiling the spring a little to shrink the diameter and push t back in.

 

[soundlover9]

i tried and i couldn't get it in

 

[JacobTerrado]

What you would do is to use your nail to pin the the spring to the cable. Then you would stretch the cable to make the larger coils smaller.
After stretching it, try to get the end of the spring underneath the metal part. Then using your fingernails to guide the spring (Remember to keep the cable out stretched out) slowly spin/ twist the spring as if it was a screw or something. Then eventually, you'll get the larger coils into the spring

Here's how i got mine back:
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/516030/ath-m50-stress-relief-spring-out-of-jack

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[soundlover9]

i can't get it in, now my springs all twisted and mangled, i tried so long and it just wouldn't go it, you think they would ship another spring for me? i really can't find a solution to get it back in

 

[JacobTerrado]

Well, if you can't get it in, you should just leave it. The spring is just for strain-relief, so that the cable and the jack won't become detached or anything.

If it really bugs you, you can probably ask them for one.

 

[Trysaeder]

You can't put the spring into the cable system without removing it.

 

[BluFalcon]

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i was in class listening to my headphones and was just putting them back into the bag when my friend looks and the cord and pulls that spring right out of the jack, wth was he thinking, anyway i can't put it back in i was just wondering if it really did anything?

Make your friend get you a new spring. 

 

[soundlover9]

so is it really not an essential thing to have on it, or will the cable detach from the plug easily after wear?

 

[soundlover9]

i messaged audiotechnica and they said they can just replace the whole cable assembly. i'm thinking i'll do that, but will the places that the have to detach the old one looks messy or weird you think when they replace the cable?

 

[JacobTerrado]

The spring isn't essential. It's just some add on. I doubt the M50 cable would break. It's thick and pretty beefy

 

[BluFalcon]

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 It's thick and pretty beefy

Yep. That's what she said. 

 

[Trysaeder]

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 It's thick and pretty beefy

Yep. That's what she said. 

On the topic of the M50's cable of course.
 

 

[BluFalcon]

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 It's thick and pretty beefy

Yep. That's what she said. 

On the topic of the M50's cable of course.
 

Of course.

 

[soundlover9]

i can't tell if its really worth the hassle of sending it in or not to get the cable assembly repaired. what do you guys think?