[jschristian44]

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Without a multimeter to verify, you'll never really know what was the root cause

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[Nebby]

You think I'm joking? It's true

 

[BobSaysHi]

I am listening to Navships' wire on my headphones right now.

 

[jschristian44]

navships wires are good.  the wire i got wasn't meant for audio, i think it's just a regular connector cable.  oh well at least i know why they didnt work now.

 

[JustinTX83]

Wire doesn't usually decide to just "not work". Why bother asking a question if you aren't going to listen to any of the answers?
 
I'm no electrician but I can use a multimeter, and you can get them for pretty dirt cheap too. This is $16.99 and would do the job just fine. http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2999093&retainProdsInSession=1

 

[logwed]

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no more worries, i tested a headphone extension cable on them and it works great.  i knew it was the wire.  i was like 75 percent sure it was.  but anyways now i know it was the wire.  i should have known 100 feet for 17 bucks was a rip off

That's why we use a multimeter to check for continuity... You probably just had a break in that section of wire if that was your problem at all.

 

[jschristian44]

no it wasnt that because ive tried making connections, using the wire for another pair of headphones, and these headphones and none of them work.  trust me it was very cheap wire.

 

[clou91]

^Which is why he said there was probably a break in the wire. Wire doesn't have to be described as "audio wire" for it to work with headphones. It just has to conduct electricity.

 

[jschristian44]

what do you mean by break?  how comes none of that wire worked but this headphone extension cable wire worked with everything ive tested it with.  trust me, that wire was for something else.  what wire could i get to rewire headphones.  i know navships wire works great but is there anything from markertek.com that will work great universally for interconnects as well as rewiring headphones?  Id like something within the 22-24 awg range.

 

[murrays]

You risk damaging your equipment if you do not check your re-wiring efforts with an ohm meter or muli-meter.  You need to check for (a) unwanted short circuits, and (b) unexpected open circuits due to lack of continuity ("breaks").

 

[sunneebear]

Take the assumed bad section of wire to Radio Shack and they will do a continuity check for you with a multimeter.  You can do it yourself with a battery and a LED or a small bulb.  You can even use a 9v Battery and your tongue.

 

[jschristian44]

already threw out that wire, i am pretty sure it's just all bad wire.  i will know tomorrow when these headphones work.  crosses fingers.