lemonlyman
New Head-Fier
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I'm a former lurker and through a friend I got a pair of Beyer DT 531s... unfortunately they smelled like smoke and I tried to get rid of the smoke smell as much as possible. I took apart the headphones, washed the pads, cleaned everything, and then stuck the opened up headphones in a closed bucket with baking soda and a car air freshener thing. It worked pretty well and the smell is much fainter now.
However, I'm clumsy and in handling the headphones, I must have done something causing the wire connecting the driver to the headphone to split. It seems like an easy resoldering job (even for me). The wire is a little shorter now, so I think I'll need a new wire.
My question is... does the kind of wire matter? What's a good kind that minimizes any signal loss? Where can I get it? What about solder? As long as the wire is in contact with the metal, does that matter? I have 63/37 lead/tin solder, but it's from radio shack.
However, I'm clumsy and in handling the headphones, I must have done something causing the wire connecting the driver to the headphone to split. It seems like an easy resoldering job (even for me). The wire is a little shorter now, so I think I'll need a new wire.
My question is... does the kind of wire matter? What's a good kind that minimizes any signal loss? Where can I get it? What about solder? As long as the wire is in contact with the metal, does that matter? I have 63/37 lead/tin solder, but it's from radio shack.