Matt, you made a simple classic mistake. The 3.5mm jack you originally used was fine - look closely, you didn't plug your plug in all the way. This frequently is the cause of no audio on one channel, mixed audio on the other. Because everything was fragile you were likely too gentle plugging your cable in. The tip signal wasn't touching the tip contact at all, and the ring contact was stuck between tip and ring. False set! All's well that ends well though! Nice repair!
Damn I think you're right, I tried pushing harder into the original socket, and there is just one last tiny click of the plug going all the way in. Indeed I was being very delicate with it, and it had felt like enough of a click that it was all the way in. Ah well, the new plug is definitely better for this project, so nothing of value was lost, and at least I now know the old socket _probably_ isn't broken and might be usable in another project.
@@MattKC No regrets, the socket you ended up buying looks a lot better anyway. I've been thinking of doing the same to my Superlux HD-660 (great cans, lousy cable) and my Anlion Modmic, and this video might just give me the impulse I need to do just that.
We went from fitting a game into a QR code, to booting Windows 98 on a laptop, to fixing Lego Island bugs and audio, to fixing headphones. Amazing stuff👏
Funny that this video appeared just as I was shopping around for replacement padding parts for my wireless Sennheisers. My 5-year old RS 185s are pretty worn out from constant use, but with some new padding they should look quite presentable once again.
Lucky you, Sennheiser has a bunch of replacement options, my good old JVC HA-S660 are now using a pair of generic pads that are ever so slightly bigger than they need to and fiddle all around when I wear them, but I don't want to replace the headphones cause they have the perfect sound profile for me.
Thank you for making the EBF series! I always like seeing people I look up to in comment sections, reminds me that they're not just some username on a product/piece of content, but also just regular people who comment on stuff in their spare time.
Oh damn hello Matt, Loved EBF since forever and hope you best of luck with stuff moving on and i still would want to get EBF 5 once the mobile version is avaiable. Anyway, with my old Audio-technica m30x it has official replacement pads but they are a tad bit pricey so i got some from local shops and they do work but they did fit it a bit odd compared to the original ones.
The socket looks absolutely gorgeous on these headphones. Literally looks official from a distance. As others have said, with a bit of blackening and the blob removed, this would literally be flawless.
Hey, you probably wont see this but im curious. will you ever do a video on xbox 360 modding? like how it started the security flaws with the 360 etc etc
Sennheiser durability seems pretty terrible. I've had multiple headsets with that fake leather which just wears off after 1 or 2 years, which is rediculous. And for my headset I wasn't even able to buy new parts, Sennheiser just decided, no, we don't care about this premium product. So I had to buy from China and those are just crap compatible wise. I needed to get a thin plastic ring from the old ones to stick to the new China ones, that of course breaks when you even look at it. In the end I just taped them with double sided tape which worked ok. Terrible designs, much waste, they just want you to buy new ones and your friend did just that. So no more Sennheiser for me.
1:30: I hope that 'Beats are premium headsets' bit was meant to be funny. Being shitty and yet expensive does not make them premium. It just makes them shitty and needlessly expensive.
I have Philips headphones from the 80's and in terms of the materials used, they are still perfect. New Philips headphones - the entire membrane covering the earcups begins to crack and peel off after a year of use. Every time I take them off, some of that black crap is left on my head.
I just did a really similar thing with a set of 70's AKG monitors! The cable was completely busted and the earpads had gone flat and started to disintegrate, and the headphones perfectly fit a socket I had on hand! (it was just cut down from an old 3.5mm to rca that I didn't need)
I believe that stereo was a later addition to the 3.5 jack, so it’s possible that yours broken one was mono, which would probably have mixed the signals
0:33 The three ring 3.5mm headphone jack you're referring to is known as a TRS jack and it only carries two signals, not three. A TRRS jack has a 4th ring and it's capable of carrying three signals. They also come in a 2.5mm form. They're used for balanced audio, three channel audio (ex L, R, Center), a way to add a composite video signal, inline remotes mainly found in older devices and other situations where you need a 3rd signal besides Left and Right audio. Apple used them in their earbuds for a while for inline remotes as well as the mic/play/pause/call button located on the right side earbud cord.
I've done this to a pair of headphones. my tip would be to use mini-xlr instead of aux. If your cable is too heavy the the weight of the cable alone can disconnect it from your headphones if you use aux, mini-xlr on the other hand has a button that needs to be pressed to release it.
I have a pair of AD700X I bought about 2 years ago, and while not expensive headphones per se I like them. I had a pair of AD500 before that and liked them a lot, but the wire broke a year in, so I got the AD700X. After a year the wire broke exactly the same, but I actually did something similar to this. I was able to though use the nut on the headphone jack to screw it in as the cord hole was exactly the size of the headphone jack. The only hard part was doing soldering for the first time, and dealing with headphones trying to clamp into eachother. Since then I've had another cord break, but I just unplugged it and threw a new one in. After years of replacing headphones I figure that its not the headphones that break, its always the cord.
How dare you, crazy frog is fantastic! It'll be interesting to see how your epoxy solution holds, I've done something similar and I've found the cheap audio ports can be of... questionable quality so easy removal is useful.
I did a similar thing a year or two back with wireless Sennheiser headphones. The problem was that it was wireless-only and it did not use Bluetooth, meaning you had to use an awkwardly complicated adapter that connects wired to the device. It was unusable in practice and was about to be thrown out so I gutted the wireless components and put a headphone jack in it. The sound is a lot better than I thought it'd be, and my mom still uses the headphones to this day.
if you need to epoxi something like that again, you can use a bit of clay, or blue/white tack, from the outside, model it smooth on the inside to work as the form, apply the epoxi, and after cured, hopefully, it didn't interact poorly with the material (test it first) optionally, you could also protect the plastic around the epoxi and sand it with progressively finer grits to achieve a perfect finish (if there is space for it) but regardless it looks good anyway! awesome video as always!!! =)
I had the same headphones years ago, the HD428s, sounded amazing for the low price, but that cable was about as thick and durable as an angel hair pasta noodle. Was planning on doing the same mod at some point as well, but the band broke after a few years of use and at that point figured I'd just get something else instead.
What A Cool Project ANd Hey, EASY Soldering Job You Say? Ehh, There Is no Such Thing As Easy Soldering Job Bro :D End result Amazed Me, Looks Like factory Made And Hey, When You Putted The Pegs On, You Can Purchase These Plastic Tools To Unclip Car Dashboard With, They Work In EXACLY That Thingy You IDd, YoU Need Them If You WantTo Do More Job Like Thsi In Future. Props To The Video :) I Have Many Similar Projects :) Good Stuff
Cable ports are so much better than embedded cables, not just because you can choose any type of cable you want, but also for the sustainability, because you can easily replace your cable!
Interesting to see what will happen to Sennheiser headphones now that they have sold their consumer audio business away and how it will effect brands product development and quality.
Yes they are available, but the reason why they sold their consumer business away was probably that they had too many different products available and a competitive market and so business wasn’t “financially healthy”. And it would be also natural for a new owner to make changes to make their business profitable.
Cool to see, personally did some similar mods. Personally I choose hot-glue over epoxy, as it's easier to use, still strong enough and also easier to undo if you mess up.
After 2 months of using my Sony MDR-7506, I modeled and printed the left plastic cover and installed a 3.5mm jack. Now I can use any cable, including the original 3-meter coiled cable
i love modding headphones, i have modded my Harmonicdyne Zeus, i removed abt all possible parts that made them less- open back, and switched the pads to Audio Technica ath-ad500x's pads. the sound is nearly perfect for me now. really clear natural and soft.
This is why I'm thinking about buying bluetooth headsets. Some of them have a cable socket, and the problem with the cable is that it's a mess when you pack the headphones down. If you can remove the cable, you can just tie the cable into a neat coil. Problem solved!
Interesting for giving more longevity to an old object👍😏 But nothing that a good *multifunction headphone can't do ... *FM radio, Mp3 player, Bluetooth, aux-in.
I worked at McDonald's in like 2013 and there was a pair of these in the lost and found. On my last day working there I took them 😂. Still just them to this day but the cord is infact shite. The socket mod looks very interesting 🤔 might be worth a shot as I've been looking at upgrading anyway
Yea the Sennheiser headphones I use to use in like 2016 had that crappy ultra thin cable. Crazily enough it never broke and luckily even though they were $40 headphones they had a proprietary 2.5mm to 3.5mm plug and came with 2 cables.
I wonder how long this will hold up. 3.5mm jacks on headphones tend to wear out in my experience, they can't withstand the constant flexing of the cable. You're probably going to have to replace the jack again at some point, which will be a lot harder since you epoxied it.
I have repaired a few pairs of sennheisers, it's always quite easy. Not so much when I once bought a pair of broken "beats"... they literally fell apart into small pieces when I carefully opened them, just complete garbage.
I really wish I kept my turtle beach headphones, they were super expensive and lasted about as long as all my other headphones. If only I hadn't been a dumbass kid and I replaced the cord.
I was a Toxix IFrogs wireless headphones that has a 3.5mm jack for exactly this purpose. The battery in mine is trash, but I dont care because I can SO EASILY replace it's cable for cheap. No joke, my favorite dirt-cheap headphones I ever tried (and I tried a lot...).
Damn I have that exact pair, I recalled it about 3 times and I didn’t even thing about modding it that way! I ended up using sugru to have some stress relief on the headset
I have creative aurvana live lying arround with very badly peeled cup and head rest. I might do quick restoration to that one so it will be usable again. maybe give it to someone who cares about music because I already have new shure headphone
Meanwhile, my cheapo AKG K240s came with a mini-XLR jack. I could now go on and rant about soulless beancounters at Sennheiser, but, well, the cable the AKG came with was so flimsy I had to get a replacement after two months, and 25 bucks later, according to digitech that's 15 for the connectors alone (dang), everything worked fine for years. Until I tugged the cable so hard the 3.5mm plug straight up broke off in the socket. Cable itself is still fine, though, yes, van Damme is worth the money. The cable is almost more stress relief fibre (silica or something, strange stuff) than conductor. I can kinda understand that 55 buck headphones don't come with 25 buck cables, but 70 buck headphones *without* replaceable cable, and also a shoddy one... well, Sennheiser.
Man, I wish it was this simple with my Sony h.ear on MDR-100A Nothing is available as a replacement part. The cable (cheap, thin rubber, 1 button, bad mic) used to be - for a hefty 45€ Nothing more. And aftermarket ear pads aren’t available in red .__.
I had no idea you could buy replacement earpads I'm crying. My hyperx's pads are FUCKED all the stuff flaked off them and is coming off into my damn ears. Buying a replacement set right now! You're a lifesaver.
really cool man i've always wanted to have a modded custom headset and this has really helped :D since a 3.5mm jack is one of the mods i've wanted to do!
hah.. just found this video by chance... I did nearly the same steps you did here on my "cheap" Superlux HD660 Evo (Which are a secret Gem when it comes to cheap but great sounding headphones). new wiring worked wonders.
1:00 Sonys MH410c. Their default headset for literally every smartphone. cable is just as thin and they're worthless! last time i looked, there was a bulk load of 50 for less than 50€ shipped on my native ebay. and even a single pair costs less than 6€ shipped
you could buy a headset cable and have a mic built in to the cable so you could use it with your phone and be able to take and hang up calls and play.pause music. or you could get a gaming headset cable and become a true gamer screaming obscenities to your teammates.
Just give him a little care and old mate senny will be as good as new!
They ain't no Huh Duh 6 hundos but they're pretty cromulent
@@henloampepe it ain't no hundo its hungeo and dankpods is awesome
Ah yes, fellow men of culture
Oh no my pkcell
A brand new nuuuggggg....
Matt, you made a simple classic mistake.
The 3.5mm jack you originally used was fine - look closely, you didn't plug your plug in all the way. This frequently is the cause of no audio on one channel, mixed audio on the other. Because everything was fragile you were likely too gentle plugging your cable in. The tip signal wasn't touching the tip contact at all, and the ring contact was stuck between tip and ring. False set! All's well that ends well though! Nice repair!
It ended up working better for him as the new plug really fits the headphones and used up less space total
Damn I think you're right, I tried pushing harder into the original socket, and there is just one last tiny click of the plug going all the way in. Indeed I was being very delicate with it, and it had felt like enough of a click that it was all the way in. Ah well, the new plug is definitely better for this project, so nothing of value was lost, and at least I now know the old socket _probably_ isn't broken and might be usable in another project.
iu was guessing it was 2 ring vs 3 ring but both are viable things to check when headphones are not working.
@@bland9876 then it would only have 2 solder tabs
@@MattKC No regrets, the socket you ended up buying looks a lot better anyway. I've been thinking of doing the same to my Superlux HD-660 (great cans, lousy cable) and my Anlion Modmic, and this video might just give me the impulse I need to do just that.
We went from fitting a game into a QR code, to booting Windows 98 on a laptop, to fixing Lego Island bugs and audio, to fixing headphones. Amazing stuff👏
it's actually windows 98 on a modern laptop to fitting a game into a qr code to fixing lego island bugs and audio to fixing headphones
So the videos are getting more boring.
Nice! Your DIY tech videos are the perfect combination of calming and super interesting!
Video: 10 seconds ago
Your comment: 1 day ago.
@@quokka_yt you're right!
Patreon, I'm guessing
Wow, you could not have said that any better.
yes
wen DankPods collab???
Funny that this video appeared just as I was shopping around for replacement padding parts for my wireless Sennheisers.
My 5-year old RS 185s are pretty worn out from constant use, but with some new padding they should look quite presentable once again.
Lucky you, Sennheiser has a bunch of replacement options, my good old JVC HA-S660 are now using a pair of generic pads that are ever so slightly bigger than they need to and fiddle all around when I wear them, but I don't want to replace the headphones cause they have the perfect sound profile for me.
nice
Thank you for making the EBF series! I always like seeing people I look up to in comment sections, reminds me that they're not just some username on a product/piece of content, but also just regular people who comment on stuff in their spare time.
Those are pretty good, I use them with my tv setup. Replaced the padding with some soft fabric tho, really dislike what they came with.
Oh damn hello Matt, Loved EBF since forever and hope you best of luck with stuff moving on and i still would want to get EBF 5 once the mobile version is avaiable.
Anyway, with my old Audio-technica m30x it has official replacement pads but they are a tad bit pricey so i got some from local shops and they do work but they did fit it a bit odd compared to the original ones.
"this phallic rubber insert is too small... story of my life"
I love this and me too XD
ok...
@@A1C6 yea i have a feeling that was the joke.. Doesn't take much to figure that out..
The socket looks absolutely gorgeous on these headphones. Literally looks official from a distance. As others have said, with a bit of blackening and the blob removed, this would literally be flawless.
Matt: Not that I've sniffed my friend's hair..
Me: :|
Matt: ...much
Me: :)
“Plus they smell like my friends hair, not that I’ve smelled my friends hair…much”
Video: 10 seconds ago
Your comment: 1 day ago.
@@quokka_yt Nice catch! 👍✨🏆
How's that possible?!
@@krtirtho He's a channel member
Thanks for letting me know😀
This mod is amazing!
Props for upcycling otherwise pretty broken headphones.
"I don't like Bluetooth audio"
Neither did I until I started high school. Then wireless earbuds are a godsend.
Facts
I still dont like it lol
They're great for convenience. Just not for realtime applications or for high-fidelity audio.
@@jamescruz8678 that's why I have headphones with both a 2.5 mm jack and bluetooth.
Hey, you probably wont see this but im curious. will you ever do a video on xbox 360 modding? like how it started the security flaws with the 360 etc etc
As a 14 y/o Sound Technician at my school, maybe I need that some time. Keep the great work up, Matt!
I would probably retest that old socket if you still have it, I don't think it was plugged in fully.
Sennheiser durability seems pretty terrible. I've had multiple headsets with that fake leather which just wears off after 1 or 2 years, which is rediculous. And for my headset I wasn't even able to buy new parts, Sennheiser just decided, no, we don't care about this premium product. So I had to buy from China and those are just crap compatible wise. I needed to get a thin plastic ring from the old ones to stick to the new China ones, that of course breaks when you even look at it. In the end I just taped them with double sided tape which worked ok. Terrible designs, much waste, they just want you to buy new ones and your friend did just that. So no more Sennheiser for me.
But what does the sound smell like?
Always good to see ol' mate Sennys getting their love.
The hurr durr six hungoes
@@ellie3859 Ah yes, the headphones that sound suspiciously similar to my headphones
@@ellie3859 that's pretty dank
Can't blow them up with the Diablo
Amazing video as always! Can’t believe it only has 60 views :eyes:
1:30: I hope that 'Beats are premium headsets' bit was meant to be funny. Being shitty and yet expensive does not make them premium.
It just makes them shitty and needlessly expensive.
Excited to watch this again!!
i did a similar mod on my broken Samson SR850s.
well, it didnt last very long too, probably a week. i gotta go fix it again
I have Philips headphones from the 80's and in terms of the materials used, they are still perfect. New Philips headphones - the entire membrane covering the earcups begins to crack and peel off after a year of use. Every time I take them off, some of that black crap is left on my head.
Matt: atleast these headphones are for ears not noses
Me: WHAT THE F?!?!
joke's on you, I use headphones from kiwico, which means, I built them.
You make some of the most mundane things so entertaining, keep doing what you're doing matt!
two years later, Matt would take this to the extreme with "I ported THOUSANDS of Apps to Windows 95"
I just did a really similar thing with a set of 70's AKG monitors! The cable was completely busted and the earpads had gone flat and started to disintegrate, and the headphones perfectly fit a socket I had on hand! (it was just cut down from an old 3.5mm to rca that I didn't need)
I believe that stereo was a later addition to the 3.5 jack, so it’s possible that yours broken one was mono, which would probably have mixed the signals
Not likely since the plug had three prongs to solder stuff to.
@@ElZamo92 switched mono jacks are common and have three terminals.
0:33 The three ring 3.5mm headphone jack you're referring to is known as a TRS jack and it only carries two signals, not three. A TRRS jack has a 4th ring and it's capable of carrying three signals. They also come in a 2.5mm form. They're used for balanced audio, three channel audio (ex L, R, Center), a way to add a composite video signal, inline remotes mainly found in older devices and other situations where you need a 3rd signal besides Left and Right audio. Apple used them in their earbuds for a while for inline remotes as well as the mic/play/pause/call button located on the right side earbud cord.
6:42 Me when MattKC uploads a new video tbh
I've done this to a pair of headphones. my tip would be to use mini-xlr instead of aux. If your cable is too heavy the the weight of the cable alone can disconnect it from your headphones if you use aux, mini-xlr on the other hand has a button that needs to be pressed to release it.
You should do the hur dur six hungos from old mate senney.
Ahaha knew I’d see this here
Excellent video, as always.
*STILL WAITING FOR SHREK GAMES 7* 🤨
I don’t think he does reviews of certain media anymore. He’s a tech youtuber now. (I still like him though.)
God I love watching you. It's so soothing and interesting.
5:00 the wire isnt fully plugged into the socket, had the same problem
Plot twist: his friend who gave him the headphones is dankpods
Lol
I have a pair of AD700X I bought about 2 years ago, and while not expensive headphones per se I like them. I had a pair of AD500 before that and liked them a lot, but the wire broke a year in, so I got the AD700X. After a year the wire broke exactly the same, but I actually did something similar to this. I was able to though use the nut on the headphone jack to screw it in as the cord hole was exactly the size of the headphone jack.
The only hard part was doing soldering for the first time, and dealing with headphones trying to clamp into eachother. Since then I've had another cord break, but I just unplugged it and threw a new one in. After years of replacing headphones I figure that its not the headphones that break, its always the cord.
*These earcuffs smells like my friends hair*
*"not like I have smelled my friend's hair...much"*
How dare you, crazy frog is fantastic!
It'll be interesting to see how your epoxy solution holds, I've done something similar and I've found the cheap audio ports can be of... questionable quality so easy removal is useful.
Love the additional b-roll!
How does this have only 62 views, 553 likes, and 95 comments?
I did a similar thing a year or two back with wireless Sennheiser headphones. The problem was that it was wireless-only and it did not use Bluetooth, meaning you had to use an awkwardly complicated adapter that connects wired to the device. It was unusable in practice and was about to be thrown out so I gutted the wireless components and put a headphone jack in it. The sound is a lot better than I thought it'd be, and my mom still uses the headphones to this day.
The world needs more replaceable cables. It's just so convenient, it's unreal.
if you need to epoxi something like that again, you can use a bit of clay, or blue/white tack, from the outside, model it smooth on the inside to work as the form, apply the epoxi, and after cured, hopefully, it didn't interact poorly with the material (test it first)
optionally, you could also protect the plastic around the epoxi and sand it with progressively finer grits to achieve a perfect finish (if there is space for it)
but regardless it looks good anyway! awesome video as always!!! =)
Hey Matt? What about a project idea: Add a second analog on a psp!!
♥ you you cute nerd
The magic is in the design, not just the driver
Oh it's the HurDuh 428 by ol’ mate senny.
I had the same headphones years ago, the HD428s, sounded amazing for the low price, but that cable was about as thick and durable as an angel hair pasta noodle. Was planning on doing the same mod at some point as well, but the band broke after a few years of use and at that point figured I'd just get something else instead.
728 likes but over a 190 views? Huh
TH-cam: 61 views, *81 comments*
???
An Australian not calling these Senny HurrDurrs?
6:39 Haha, nut
6:42 Dang it, he already made that joke...
This is a very neat little video, I might end up using the knoledge from this video myself.
I love Matt’s video. I really do.
Sugru would have been great for this fix, its like blu tack that can be worked my hand and sets to a hard rubber.
Sugru is cool for a year or so, then starts to lose integrity and wears with touch.
What A Cool Project ANd Hey, EASY Soldering Job You Say? Ehh, There Is no Such Thing As Easy Soldering Job Bro :D
End result Amazed Me, Looks Like factory Made And Hey, When You Putted The Pegs On, You Can Purchase These Plastic Tools To Unclip Car Dashboard With, They Work In EXACLY That Thingy You IDd, YoU Need Them If You WantTo Do More Job Like Thsi In Future.
Props To The Video :) I Have Many Similar Projects :)
Good Stuff
Cable ports are so much better than embedded cables, not just because you can choose any type of cable you want, but also for the sustainability, because you can easily replace your cable!
Does anyone know what model these headphones are?
Interesting to see what will happen to Sennheiser headphones now that they have sold their consumer audio business away and how it will effect brands product development and quality.
There's several consumer Sennheiser headphones/earphones available, but they target at professionals
Yes they are available, but the reason why they sold their consumer business away was probably that they had too many different products available and a competitive market and so business wasn’t “financially healthy”. And it would be also natural for a new owner to make changes to make their business profitable.
Cool to see, personally did some similar mods. Personally I choose hot-glue over epoxy, as it's easier to use, still strong enough and also easier to undo if you mess up.
After 2 months of using my Sony MDR-7506, I modeled and printed the left plastic cover and installed a 3.5mm jack. Now I can use any cable, including the original 3-meter coiled cable
I got a JBL earbud ad lol.
I actually quite enjoy my HD 202-ii's without the pleather (plastic leather) on the ear pads...
i love modding headphones, i have modded my Harmonicdyne Zeus, i removed abt all possible parts that made them less- open back, and switched the pads to Audio Technica ath-ad500x's pads. the sound is nearly perfect for me now. really clear natural and soft.
I have this exact pair of headphones in the exact same condition, so this video will be super helpful for me.
69th view!
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This is why I'm thinking about buying bluetooth headsets. Some of them have a cable socket, and the problem with the cable is that it's a mess when you pack the headphones down. If you can remove the cable, you can just tie the cable into a neat coil. Problem solved!
62 Views and 526 Likes, this video definitely got much more views but youtube cant handle such quick views count 😂🤣
Interesting for giving more longevity to an old object👍😏
But nothing that a good *multifunction headphone can't do ...
*FM radio, Mp3 player, Bluetooth, aux-in.
I worked at McDonald's in like 2013 and there was a pair of these in the lost and found. On my last day working there I took them 😂. Still just them to this day but the cord is infact shite. The socket mod looks very interesting 🤔 might be worth a shot as I've been looking at upgrading anyway
Your videos made me take up electronics in the pandemic. Love the videos
Yea the Sennheiser headphones I use to use in like 2016 had that crappy ultra thin cable. Crazily enough it never broke and luckily even though they were $40 headphones they had a proprietary 2.5mm to 3.5mm plug and came with 2 cables.
I did this exact mod to a pair of Samson SR-850s, i also wish all headphones came with 3.5mm jacks instead of attached cables
Hey! I used the same glue for the broken motor mounts in my vacuum cleaner, I think you're fine with a cable socket over time
good lord i love elephant cocked
I wonder how long this will hold up. 3.5mm jacks on headphones tend to wear out in my experience, they can't withstand the constant flexing of the cable. You're probably going to have to replace the jack again at some point, which will be a lot harder since you epoxied it.
I have repaired a few pairs of sennheisers, it's always quite easy. Not so much when I once bought a pair of broken "beats"... they literally fell apart into small pieces when I carefully opened them, just complete garbage.
huh duh four tewn'y eights
Hit bro 🌹🌹
much
How do I do this if the headphones have wiring coming from both left and right parts of the headphones (I'm using sennheiser 206s)
I really wish I kept my turtle beach headphones, they were super expensive and lasted about as long as all my other headphones. If only I hadn't been a dumbass kid and I replaced the cord.
I was a Toxix IFrogs wireless headphones that has a 3.5mm jack for exactly this purpose. The battery in mine is trash, but I dont care because I can SO EASILY replace it's cable for cheap.
No joke, my favorite dirt-cheap headphones I ever tried (and I tried a lot...).
Damn I have that exact pair, I recalled it about 3 times and I didn’t even thing about modding it that way! I ended up using sugru to have some stress relief on the headset
I have creative aurvana live lying arround with very badly peeled cup and head rest. I might do quick restoration to that one so it will be usable again. maybe give it to someone who cares about music because I already have new shure headphone
Meanwhile, my cheapo AKG K240s came with a mini-XLR jack. I could now go on and rant about soulless beancounters at Sennheiser, but, well, the cable the AKG came with was so flimsy I had to get a replacement after two months, and 25 bucks later, according to digitech that's 15 for the connectors alone (dang), everything worked fine for years. Until I tugged the cable so hard the 3.5mm plug straight up broke off in the socket. Cable itself is still fine, though, yes, van Damme is worth the money. The cable is almost more stress relief fibre (silica or something, strange stuff) than conductor.
I can kinda understand that 55 buck headphones don't come with 25 buck cables, but 70 buck headphones *without* replaceable cable, and also a shoddy one... well, Sennheiser.
4:54 what phone is that?
i could watch matt peel potatoes for an hour and it'd still be interesting
Man, I wish it was this simple with my Sony h.ear on MDR-100A
Nothing is available as a replacement part.
The cable (cheap, thin rubber, 1 button, bad mic) used to be - for a hefty 45€
Nothing more.
And aftermarket ear pads aren’t available in red .__.
I had no idea you could buy replacement earpads I'm crying. My hyperx's pads are FUCKED all the stuff flaked off them and is coming off into my damn ears. Buying a replacement set right now! You're a lifesaver.
you can upgrade earbuds to use MMCX but it's more involved and much more hacky
really cool man i've always wanted to have a modded custom headset and this has really helped :D since a 3.5mm jack is one of the mods i've wanted to do!
Ha. Funny enough, just Yesterday i did the same (with an XLR because f*** TRS female in Headphones, if XLR is possible) to my Beyerdynamic dt 770 pros
You need a Wowstick! Great video!
hah.. just found this video by chance... I did nearly the same steps you did here on my "cheap" Superlux HD660 Evo (Which are a secret Gem when it comes to cheap but great sounding headphones). new wiring worked wonders.
Wow. Clicked on the video to watch the project and realized I have the same exact model headphones. I also need to replace the earpads lol
1:00 Sonys MH410c. Their default headset for literally every smartphone. cable is just as thin
and they're worthless! last time i looked, there was a bulk load of 50 for less than 50€ shipped on my native ebay. and even a single pair costs less than 6€ shipped
Oh god, crazy frog. That's a song I haven't heard in a while.
you could buy a headset cable and have a mic built in to the cable so you could use it with your phone and be able to take and hang up calls and play.pause music. or you could get a gaming headset cable and become a true gamer screaming obscenities to your teammates.