TDK headphones

[kiddznet]

Kids have a set of cheap headphones (TDK) that one side went dead on
I rescued them (silly me) and heres what I got
Stripped and disconnected everthing. Both phones test ok . Same impedance same noise.Rewired red to left green to right earth etc etc.
Continuity tests fine
Plug em in. Bugger, sound on one side only. PC sound card tests fine with other devices.Swapped wiring over. Bugger, sound goes to other speaker..
Any ideas before I bin 'em?
Oh have tried new jack cable.

[ratdude747]

Re: TDK headphones

toss em... those POSs are sh!tcan quality anyway. chinese throwaway junk.

[momaka]

Re: TDK headphones

Plug em in. Bugger, sound on one side only. PC sound card tests fine with other devices.Swapped wiring over. Bugger, sound goes to other speaker..

Sounds like a typical wiring/plug problem, but you said you've already tried a new jack and cable. When you did that, did you get the same results again?

Also, do you know the model number of the headphones, or perhaps at least what kind of headphones they are - earbuds, over the head, behind the neck...? If earbuds, keep them for the wires/plug if you like, but don't bother fixing them like ratdude said.

[weirdlookinguy]

Re: TDK headphones

I go through a lot of headphones. Every 3 or 4 months they either break on me or I lose them. Here's my proposed solution to your problem:

Shitcan them. Not worth fixing.

As for a replacement, may I suggest a set of JVC FLATS. They are JVC's current headphone series, you can find them at Frys or Walmart for ~$20. Forget in-ears, forget earbuds... these cheap JVCs are where it's at. After you let them wear in they will bump like nobody's business. I'm blasting the shit out of them as I type this.

[kiddznet]

Re: TDK headphones

I hear you all in stereo!
Shitcan 'em yes, but I not gonna let two iddy magnets get the better of me.
Now I got 'em hooked in parallel and lo, there's noise outa both sides....

[weirdlookinguy]

Re: TDK headphones

I did that to an old pair of huge Sony cans a few years back. I got a few more months of (mono) use out of them before they broke again.

Semi off-topic: does anyone here use a CMoy?

[stj]

Re: TDK headphones

the wire breaks just behind the plug - allways.
it has nothing to do with china, just the use of thin cables.

[smason]

Re: TDK headphones

I've had the same pair of Sennheisers for about 20 years now. No problems, even when getting stuffed into carryon luggage and camera bags.
Good stuff.

[kiddznet]

Re: TDK headphones

YaY

Yup the cable. Absolutely rotten was getting intermittent open circuit and earthing even after cutting back so replaced it and bingo..stereo
I never seen such a bunch of crap cable. The reason I never got it sooner was the cable i was given to test it was MONO, even tho it had 3 ring plugs.

Beer time...