[bored_student]

Hi

I've had my MS-1s for a couple of months now, been using them with my PC/music. Not mistreated them at all, but now, the earpiece has decided it wants to fall off the metal rod which connects it to the over-the-head band.

The rod twists into the over-the-ear piece by about 5mm, and over the course of moving around wearing the headphone, the RHS one twists out and falls off.

Random pic of the MS-1s

I'm sur this is something some superglue would fix, but that might dissolve something/ void my warrenty, etc. I'm tempted to say it must be a manufacturing fault, but here's the catch.

I'm in the UK. Getting them back to allesandro would involve an age, shipping, customs, and a whole heap of fun, I imagine. Just thought therefore I'd talk here/ask about how is considered best to proceed. Pondering an email to Allesandro...

Thanks.

 

[bored_student]

No words of wisdom at all??

 

[balou]

Same thing happened to my SR80 - well, it happend when I gave them away for a couple of days. This seems a well-known problem. I know a Grado RS2 (edit: owner. no, I don't have friendships with headphones) who had the same problem.

Two component glue seems to work well. I dunno what exactly super glue is, but it should work to if the name implies such great powers

 

[kontai69]

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Originally Posted by bored_student /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm sur this is something some superglue would fix, but that might dissolve something/ void my warrenty, etc. I'm tempted to say it must be a manufacturing fault, but here's the catch.

Superglue works fine. It won't "dissolve" anything. I've used it on my own MS-1. IMO, it is not worth the time and expense to send it in when it will take only a minute to fix it yourself.

 

[F107plus5]

Yup; while I haven't had it happen to my phones. I do recall this happening in some threads and a super glue(cyano acrylate)adhesive seems to work quite well!

...that's what I'd try if it happened to me!

 

[bored_student]

That's great. Just wanted to be sure, y'know, before attacking them.

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and a super glue(cyano acrylate)adhesive seems to work quite well

I always forget the chemical name!

Many thanks.