This has happened to every headphone i have ever owned. They short out at the plug. When you wiggle the plug they will sound fine but soon after one channel will go out. Is there a way to re wire them?
Originally Posted by MBQuartCamry This has happened to every headphone i have ever owned. They short out at the plug. When you wiggle the plug they will sound fine but soon after one channel will go out. Is there a way to re wire them?
It's your amp/source.
My old receiver will have the right channel die on me with every headphone I use - consequently, if I wiggle it while inside the jack, it's back to normal.
Try runnning it through an alternate source, you may be surprised
when that's happened to me in the past, it's because of the jack getting old and busted, not the headphone. do your cans short out no matter what you plug them into?
if it's just the left or right side, it could have shorted in the enclosure, because that's what happened to my 225's.
Originally Posted by Aman My old receiver will have the right channel die on me with every headphone I use - consequently, if I wiggle it while inside the jack, it's back to normal.
Probably a dirty connector or loose cable on right channel's 'tip' inside receiver jack. If it's only dirty, some contact spray will fix it.
My old receiver will have the right channel die on me with every headphone I use - consequently, if I wiggle it while inside the jack, it's back to normal.
Try runnning it through an alternate source, you may be surprised
it sounds like his problem is a short in the plug of the headphones.
Originally Posted by toaster22 it sounds like his problem is a short in the plug of the headphones.
If that happens to every headphone he's ever owned using same amp then I would first look into the connectors / jacks inside. Unless it's alternating L-R or similar result with another amp.
The problem lies within the plug. Is it difficult to reterminate the plug on there or would i lose quality. If this is not an easy fix im considering buying a pair of audiotechnica A500s.
Its not very hard to reterminate if you are familiar with DIY. Just strip, then solder the correct wires to the terminals on the plug. You can get nice plugs for cheap that won't degrade SQ (most likely improve slightly) at all. If you can't do it, you can ask someone on the forums.
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