[FearoftheNight]

Hey guys...someone caught the cord and broke the plug of my Audiotechnica ATH M50 headphones. I went to radioshack and bought the replacement plug with the screws. Can anyone help me or direct me to a guide as to how I can replace the plug? I'm a poor student and I'd like to replace these

 

[wuwhere]

If you don't know how to solder, don't have a wire stripper and don't have a multimeter I suggest that you take it to any electronic repair shop to fix it.

 

[dadong]

 
this should help
 
you can always plug the plug into a cheap mp3 player and test which channel is which channel.

 

[FearoftheNight]

thanks guys. but wouldl it require soldering if i have the replacement jack witht the screws?

 

[hkmix]

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thanks guys. but wouldl it require soldering if i have the replacement jack witht the screws?

You won't need to as long as you properly strip and wrap the wires around the connections tightly enough; if you don't solder, I recommend you use at least electrical tape to separate connections.

 

[3602]

Just pick up an iron, buddy. It ain't that hard.
And for high(er) quality plugs, may I suggest Neutrik, Switchcraft, Canare and ViaBlue (in that particular ascending order).

 

[FearoftheNight]

Hi. I actually just did this. If I didn't use electrical tape is there something I should be looking out for or worried about? 
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thanks guys. but wouldl it require soldering if i have the replacement jack witht the screws?

You won't need to as long as you properly strip and wrap the wires around the connections tightly enough; if you don't solder, I recommend you use at least electrical tape to separate connections.

 

[hkmix]

If you don't take, try to use something to separate the wires. It didn't happen to me when I replaced the jack on my old headphones, but basically you just want to avoid wires touching.
 
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Hi. I actually just did this. If I didn't use electrical tape is there something I should be looking out for or worried about? 
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thanks guys. but wouldl it require soldering if i have the replacement jack witht the screws?

You won't need to as long as you properly strip and wrap the wires around the connections tightly enough; if you don't solder, I recommend you use at least electrical tape to separate connections.