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Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7582 Posts
March 03 2010 18:21 GMT
#1
So I found out today that my earphones are damaged - it's the Shure E4c. If anyone can estimate the cost and recommend me if it's worth it, I would appreciate it.

The damaged part is the cable part connected to the earphone object(?) itself - the rubber cable has been ripped and wires are exposed, possibly damaged.

Actually some wires seem cut and are protuding so it definitely seems damaged.

For clarification (picture)11&sr=8-1-catcorr]

It's the left piece, ripped the part where you can't see the cable anymore because it is covered by the earphone.

Again, thanks for the help!

Stuck.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-03 18:38:53
March 03 2010 18:37 GMT
#2
Be more useful if you posted a picture of the damage, not of a stock picture lol.

There's lots of places that recable headphones, so it probably wouldn't be that hard to find. I don't know for how much their labour is, but make sure you don't pay for any 'audiophile' cables because they are just normal cables. If you can't find a place that'll give you normal cables I would just buy a new pair of earphones and take better care of them this time.
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7582 Posts
March 03 2010 18:42 GMT
#3
Well I'm at school and I just discovered it.

I don't even know how this happened - I treated this thing with utmost respect (lol).

Time to search for a local... audio-equipment store?
Stuck.
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
March 03 2010 19:03 GMT
#4
Disclaimer: I'm an electrical engineer with minimal expertise in electronics, not at all somebody who knows audio equipment.

If there's no audio degradation, I would just wrap the part with electrical tape and hold out. What does the wire look like? Does it look like stranded copper wire with some strands loose/cut? + Show Spoiler [stranded copper wire] +
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If you can reach it, you can try soldering some loose ends together before you tape it up.

Frayed cables are common from repeated physical stress, especially at junctures like the one you're describing. Even if you take good care of your earphones, you're still using and bending the cables.
Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7582 Posts
March 03 2010 19:08 GMT
#5
It seems standard but about half the cables are cut.

Do you mean to hold out until it finally breaks then get a cable replacement?
Stuck.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
March 03 2010 20:18 GMT
#6
Yeah I got the same problem, it's been like that for a few weeks now. I took good care of them but one side gets more audio than the other, what places repair them?
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
March 03 2010 20:50 GMT
#7
On March 04 2010 04:08 Wala.Revolution wrote:
It seems standard but about half the cables are cut.

Do you mean to hold out until it finally breaks then get a cable replacement?


Do you see a different-colored wire inside or around the copper wires? Afaik all the copper wire is just a ground, and the other wire carries the signal from the source to the earphone. As long as some of the strands have good electrical connections all the way through, it should work. (I'd be more concerned about the signal wire.) If you could take off the cover on the earphone itself, then it would be easier to repair.

The issue is that unless a proper repair is done, the rest of the strands are just going to break eventually.

I do mean hold out until it breaks, but I'm not sure if that's the best advice anyway.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
March 03 2010 21:52 GMT
#8
People always claim they take good care of their stuff... Then I see them wrapping their earphone's cable around their mp3 player and I face palm. Which is basically the only thing you have to learn not to do to have your earphones last years (apart from absolutely retarded stuff, like idly swinging them around).
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7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
March 04 2010 02:19 GMT
#9
this is why I love the fact that I can simply detach the cable from my ultimate ears earphones

they were bloody expensive though..
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Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7582 Posts
March 04 2010 03:20 GMT
#10
On March 04 2010 11:19 7mk wrote:
this is why I love the fact that I can simply detach the cable from my ultimate ears earphones

they were bloody expensive though..


Isn't that the $1000 custom earphones?
Stuck.
TommyGG
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States142 Posts
March 04 2010 05:57 GMT
#11
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Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7582 Posts
March 26 2010 14:03 GMT
#12
I'm bumping this because I've been using my other pair because I didn't know any place locally that would fix it. My warranty ran out, and after visiting some obscure video/audio connections store, they told me radioshack fixes it.

How reliable is radioshack? Do you guys recommend not going there if you don't know the people who work there? Last time I asked specially for a crossovercable which they didn't know.
Stuck.
Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7582 Posts
March 26 2010 17:58 GMT
#13
bumb before I return home.

I want to repair these badly =/
Stuck.
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