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avaaa_523 · Sep 20, 2014, 12:49 PM

I had these headphones for 6 years now so they're pretty old. A while ago my left earbud lost sound and absolutely no sound is coming out. In my right earbud it happens too but I just fiddle around with the wire and sound comes back but only in the right side and not left. But even if there is sound on the right side it sounds fuzzy and not smooth and sound keeps disappearing and I have to keep fiddling around with the wire again. Does anyone know why this is happening? What can I do to make it work again?

Also don't leave comments like "get a new set of headphones" because no that is not an option. I told my parents about it, they got mad and they are not buying me a new set of headphones. They said they don't want to get me a new one. Please help I cannot listen to music at all with these headphones I haven't been listening to music for weeks it is impossible to with these. It has been extremely frustrating and what can I do?

StacyLee15 · Sep 20, 2014, 04:28 PM

This always happens to me when I get earphones. I'll have them for like a month and it happens. It's no biggie, you just need a new pair. :)

avaaa_523 · Sep 20, 2014, 05:08 PM

@StacyLee15

I just said in my post I cant get new pair because my parents won't get me them so that won't work! What I want is I want to know how I can fix them so they can work properly

StacyLee15 · Sep 20, 2014, 05:46 PM

Don't be rude, please.. :(

I'll look around for some solutions.. what type of headphones are they?

StacyLee15 · Sep 20, 2014, 05:54 PM

Found a step by step for this:

Step 1
Open your personal media player's settings and check the "Balance" setting. This tells the device how much signal to send to each ear. Adjust the balance to the middle, and play audio. If this does not fix the problem, check the jack on the player. Press the headphone plug firmly into the jack, and lightly move it around with your thumb. If you hear crackling or the jack wobbles, the jack is probably damaged.

Step 2
Test your headphones on another device with a headphone jack, such as a computer or another personal media player. If the problem remains, check the cups of the headphones for audio controls. Some headphones come with discrete audio controls for each ear: these can be accidentally turned down in the course of normal use. Check any other controls on the headphones. Controls on the cord may include separate volume controls for each channel.

Step 3
Examine the cable of the headphones carefully. Look for cracks in the insulation, sharp kinks in the wire which will not unbend, or wire strands protruding from the insulation. Examine where the wire splits into two. Listen for any rattling inside the cups of the headphones. If there are no visible signs of damage, there is probably a short somewhere in the wire.

Tips & Warnings
Most brands of headphones are difficult to repair. However, short circuits are generally covered by the warranty.

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smoothy · Sep 20, 2014, 06:03 PM

You don't get to dictate what someone's going to answer... Those are part of the rules you agreed to when you joined.

Also, the fact is... they are 6 years old... the warranty expired long, long ago... and headphones its POSSIBLE to repair SOMETIMES depending on what's broke and where... earbuds... rarely can be repaired.

If you are asking you don't have the equipment needed to even try. It could be a bad voice coil (impossible to reair) broken wire (very likely to fail, impossible to fix unless it breaks at one end.) but you can't repair a broken wire unless its broken at the earbud end... but you have no way to know where its actually broken.

I'm an Electronic Engineer... I can't even fix a broken set of earbuds... and I've got a lot of equipment at home. And I've built more prototype electronic equipment than you can imagine and fixed more equipment than you can imagine.

You really have two choices... do without... or buy another set. Sorry, there IS no other option.

avaaa_523 · Sep 20, 2014, 08:46 PM

@StacyLee15

Sorry if I sounded rude I didn't mean to :(((((((((((((( and I don't know what headphones they are and thanks I'm definitely going to try that thank you :)))))

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@smoothy

Ok I didn't mean to do that either I was just saying that because I already said in my post how getting a new set isn't an option but I didn't mean to dictate what someone was saying I'm sorry and thanks for the answer as well :))

smoothy · Sep 20, 2014, 10:09 PM

Accepted... sorry its not what you was hoping to hear... and I am someone that's really good at fixing stuff... not just someone that dabbles around with stuff. And I've been doing it a LOT of years. THe problem is a lot of things are just not designed to be repairable. Or built to come apart and be put back together. These are one of them. Most of them anyway, Maybe some of the super expensive ones MIGHT be...but if they cost less than $100, you can assume they can't be.

Actual larger headphones are likely to be repaible if the wire breaks. Tiny little Earbuds....not.