Ahhh! Headphone Help!

Paranoid

;(


Here's the problem..





I've had these headphones for around 1 year now and the other day, I accidentally yanked a weebit too hard at the cable, now the wiring is screwed. They are a set of "ZALMAN Theatre 6 (ZM-RS6F) - 5.1 Surround Headphones" and they have served me well, a comfortable and decent listening set of headphones for a reasonable price. After this incident I unfortunately find only a few of the speakers in the headphones working, unless I fiddle with the cable and then they work fine. (The wiring is screwed).


Here is a diagram to help you understand the issue:




1. Now, where the cable connects to the headset [circled], if I push the cable deeper into the headset [in the direction for the arrow], all systems are go and each of the seperate speakers inside the headphones work and everything is fine. However, if no pressure is applied to the connection, only a few speakers are working inside the headset and it flickers between a few.


2. As you can see, there are 3 jacks which are for 'Center', 'Front' and 'Rear' [circled]. Therefore...


More Jacks = More Wiring = More Complicated = Harder to Fix

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To be honest, I wouldn't have a clue where to start if I was to try and fix the headphones. I have looked around on the internet a bit and I found an article and review on this specific set of headphones. They are easily openable and easy to operate on. For all you people who know what you're talking about, here's a couple of snaps of the insides of the headphones (including wiring)..

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So.. what do you guys think? Would there be a chance to take these headphones to an electrician or computer-technician and pay them to get it fixed, or am I better off buying another pair of $150-200 headphones?


Btw.. I don't want to hear "Do you have a reciept, just claim warranty!" because this doesn't come under warranty..

Cheers for any help you can offer.. ;(

Lork

If you take these to one of those electronics repair shops, they should be able to fix it for about $10.

smallmouth

Lork wrote: »

If you take these to one of those electronics repair shops, they should be able to fix it for about $10.

Assuming it's just a connection problem and they don't have to replace the cable.

If the cable is the problem, another option is to commission someone on head-fi.org to make you a cable. If you feel comfortable with a solder iron you could install it yourself (it's not that hard), or have someone there do it for you.

If you haven't already, I'd crack them open and check out the connections. See if you can isolate the problem first, so you can weigh your options.

Rohan

The very same thing has happened to my Speedlink headphones. If an electrical shop can do a simple repair for that price, then I may just do that... I came back from Budapest recently with a new pair of Logitech's, but they aren't as comfortable as the Speedlink set (I wear glasses, making buying headphones a tad trickier than usual).

ZackSchilling

Do you have / are you good with a soldering iron? If not, find someone who is. When you open yours up, it should be fairly obvious what's wrong but if you're no good with solder, you're likely to make things worse.