[sdiy] Repairing headphones

[Scott Bernardi]

Well, I was semi-successful at the repair. I don't seem to get the the 
stereo separation I did before, and the left side is louder.  With the 
balance all the way to the right I still hear out of the left side.
Ah, well, it was worth a try. Maybe I can pass this pair on to my kids.

harrybissell wrote:

>Yes... they use a form of magnet wire in a multistrand cable. The one I
>fixed
>had six strands bare and one coated.   The enamel coating can be scraped
>off with
>a knife, or burned off with high temperature. One of those micro-torch
>butane lighters
>might work. I use x-acto knife...
>
>H^) harry
>
>Scott Bernardi wrote:
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>>Is there a trick to soldering those micro leads in a set of
>>headphones? My present set is developing a short in the molded jack. I
>>tried to replace the jack on a set a while back and found it
>>impossible to solder the leads - they seemed to be coated with
>>something.
>>It seems a shame to junk a decent set of headphones because of
>>something that >should< be so easily repairable.
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