How to fix your headphones without buying a new pair.

Hello fellow audio sound makers,

In this post, I shall go over the process of replacing the eighth inch adapter on the headphones. Almost all studio monitoring headphones are connected through three wires, tip, ring, and sleeve; or ground, left, and right. Most headphones that go bad in one ear is caused by wear and tear on the eighth inch jack. All that simply needs to be done is replace the jack with a new one. Here is the process of doing so:

The first step is to break down the rubber or plastic bearing on the outside of the jack, to get to the actual connection of the wires to the jack. Then.....

Snip Snip. Cut that little guy off, exposing the wires.

All headphone wire is wrapped with magnet wire. The magnet wire is wrapped with enamel in the wire. The enamel is not a conductor, therefore it must be separated from the wire to make the wire conduct. The magnet wire is used in headphone cables for the purpose of providing insulation while keeping the diameter of the wire small. Notice Sudhu doing a splendid job of trying to take that enamel off of the wires.

Once the enamel is scrapped off and an electrical signal can be established, a new eighth inch cable can be soldered on.