Suddenly A900's stopped working

[Slim_Shady]

Hello Head Fellower's,

I have a friend who bought a Audio Technica ATH A900 about 4 month's ago. Every thing went smooth till one day(today) it's just stopped working! He tried connecting it to other sources, tried connecting it with 1\8 connector (assuming the 1\8-> 1\4 converter had a problem) but nothing helped.

What can possebly happen, and what can be done about it?

Thank's a lot to all helper's.


Alex.

 

[null]

Make sure all the basic things are working (cd spinning, plugged in correctly, etc.) first, then try it again. It may be an issue with the plug, or the drivers could have blown or become damaged somehow, or the driver wiring is loose or came undone. Many possibilities...

(maybe you can describe what happened right before they stopped working?)

 

[holy jc]

hello. im the one with the bad ATH A900. i tried 2 sources 1 is a kenwood ka-601 conncting to a OB sound card and 2 is a sony compac disk somthing connecting to a afler pre amp and a afler power amp (and the speakers that connecting to the amps are working) and i dont know what to do now. do i have warranty? the headphones is in perfect condition. any ideas?

and i dident tuch my headphones for 2 days and now they are not working.. its not like that i heard and they just stop. please help me

 

[crazyfrenchman27]

The warranty should have come in the box (mine was looped around the back).

You'll have to pay for shipping to and from Japan, but it's a year-long warranty.

Currently listening to: "Porcelain" by Moby on my ATH-A900s

 

[null]

how loud did you turn the volume up on your source? You may have possibly blown the drivers...

 

[holy jc]

great.. now i cant find my warranty
Quote:

The warranty should have come in the box (mine was looped around the back).

cant find it :-S
can i send the headphones to audiocubes2 or audio-technica in japan and they will repair my headphones? (of course with a exrta money) and not lose my warranty?
10X to y'all

 

[BowerR64]

If they are blown could he risk damage to his source? If they are shorted or somthing. I think i would check the resistance of the headphones from one side to ground. Measure a pair that work then try the A900s

 

[AdamZuf]

I doubt that headphones that were'nt used and all of the sudden stop working has a problem of 2 failed drivers. I would say that no signal is coming to the drivers, so it's probably the cable, if you ask me, and the classic defected plug problem.
Try to play with the plug and its close cable section while the rig is working, maybe you'll notice a sound sometimes, then you'd know that this is the problem.

 

[BowerR64]

its the room mate...

 

[commando]

When anything under warranty breaks sending it back to the place you got it is a no-brainer.

 

[null]

I think he said he couldn't find his warranty...

 

[Imyourzero]

Perhaps you could email AudioCubes and tell them what happened. Finding the warranty card would probably be best, but maybe if you could provide a proof of purchase (receipt or invoice), it would show that the phones were purchased less than a year ago and that they would obviously still be under warranty.

 

[commando]

Quote:

Originally Posted by null I think he said he couldn't find his warranty...

I can't see that anywhere. The place he bought them from will have a record of the sale, just send them back to them.

 

[holy jc]

ok. i will contact audiocubes2 and see what are they recommend me do to