jinx20001
Headphoneus Supremus
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there could well be another explanation or reason i am not certain ofcourse as to why the cable issue happens, im just going by what shure themselves say, and it does seem to help mine when i wipe the cable down and bend it the opposite way now and then. again im not sure what people do but i get the feeling if you never ever bend the cable about a bit where it meets the ear then it will get stiff and more likely split.
you picked up on a very interesting point when u say the black grip at the top of the earphones seems to be coming away, i questioned shure about this myself and they pointed me to this SE530 Sound Isolating Earphones
and they said it is actually normal for the grip to appear to be coming away from the earphones but it was designed this way so the grip would be flexible when pushed against the ear when the earphones are put inside the ear which makes sence because if it was firmly on and very tight then force put upon it when inserting in the ear would put pressure on the connection to the earphone everytime...so, im not sure why yours came apart completely, something tells me you may have decided to test this connection with your own force test but i dunno.
but yes moving on, have a look closely at the demo and rotate the earphones so you can see the back of the earphones and you can clearly see the black grip the cable enters has a wider gap one side than the other, and you will probly find the opposite earphone actually is the same but the gap will be on the other side, i wouldnt advise you try pulling it apart tho to see how strong it is i mean who would
Originally Posted by elnero /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've been thinking about this and a few things don't add up for me in regards to this explanation. First off, I don't have oily skin, in fact I tend to fight rather dry skin. Second, when I noticed the cable on one side was cracked/split or whatever you want to call it I also noticed that the soft plastic piece on the top of the driver housing where the cable enters was actually coming away from the housing. It was only a matter of days before that came completely off revealing what appeared to be an older crack because the wire itself was showing a bit of green. That part of the cable didn't actually even touch my skin because it was covered by the soft plastic piece, plus it wouldn't even move as much as other parts of the cable because it's would again be limited by the soft plastic piece. |
there could well be another explanation or reason i am not certain ofcourse as to why the cable issue happens, im just going by what shure themselves say, and it does seem to help mine when i wipe the cable down and bend it the opposite way now and then. again im not sure what people do but i get the feeling if you never ever bend the cable about a bit where it meets the ear then it will get stiff and more likely split.
you picked up on a very interesting point when u say the black grip at the top of the earphones seems to be coming away, i questioned shure about this myself and they pointed me to this SE530 Sound Isolating Earphones
and they said it is actually normal for the grip to appear to be coming away from the earphones but it was designed this way so the grip would be flexible when pushed against the ear when the earphones are put inside the ear which makes sence because if it was firmly on and very tight then force put upon it when inserting in the ear would put pressure on the connection to the earphone everytime...so, im not sure why yours came apart completely, something tells me you may have decided to test this connection with your own force test but i dunno.
but yes moving on, have a look closely at the demo and rotate the earphones so you can see the back of the earphones and you can clearly see the black grip the cable enters has a wider gap one side than the other, and you will probly find the opposite earphone actually is the same but the gap will be on the other side, i wouldnt advise you try pulling it apart tho to see how strong it is i mean who would