My Bro's 6i's cable broke after 12mo of use

[-=Germania=-]

So, It was only DAYS after the 1 year warranty and the cable on one side of the earpieces broke.

The question is what to do about it?

Should I call Etymotic and ask for a replacement set after sending it back?

Have some head-fier recable the things?

My brother is an uber-broke college student *much less than me* and buying a used set for $50 is too much. I suggested that he might want to get a set of 616's or even my im716's from a retailer. He just loves the 6i's, and I just gave him a very nice CMoy w/ interconnect for christmas (his cable went out a wekk after).

SOOOOOOO...... what should I try - is there any Etymotic Reps that can give me some guidance?

Thanks one Behalf of my brother!

 

[ericj]

From everything i've heard, Ety will probably just warranty them. So, call 'em.

If that fails, it is possible to recable a 6i - I did mine with the cable from a pair of ibuds. My arm could be twisted into doing the same for someone else. Takes a steady hand, and a needly-thin soldering iron tip. And some 5/8" clear polyolefin heatshrink. I have all three.