• Replies 1 reply
  • Subscribers 81 subscribers
  • Views 3131 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Headphones crisis!!!!

Kippen

Aaaaaaaa! S.O.S!!!! My headphones r broken and so r my spare set and so is my emergency set!!!!!!!! 

Any tips on relaxation and isolation that don’t involve headphones?! I don’t know any cause never needed any! 

Also any recommendations for long lasting headphones? ... I like the little gummy ones if u know wat I mean ... but can’t find a make that lasts any longer than a few months of daily use!

  • Headphones generally are not built to last. Often what happens is the wire pulls out of the plug, and the only thing you can do is replace the plug. The wire is very thin and it is awkward but you can buy a plug from maplin or radio shack, and either solder less or one you solder. Fiddly job especially if you have no experience of or are not nimble fingered. 

    However, you can you can largely prevent this happening by taping a small loop of the headphone cable over the plug with vinyl tape. Then if it comes under strain it will be the loop that pulls and not the join of the plug and cable so it is less likely to pull out and stop working. Doesn't look particularly elegant but saves the headphones from stopping working.