Fixing earphone cables

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A long while ago, I purchased some Sony MDR-W10 earphones, and began using them a lot. During this time frame, I had them outside of my shirt, so that the cable would occasionally get yanked by my hand or the like when I moved about. I tried to avoid this, as, even though it had no short term effects, I knew that one day the cabling would probably break away from the two earbuds' casings. One day however, they were yanked pretty hard, and the cable coming from the earbuds became spiral-like and when the two cables joined together, bumps appeared in the cable. Now I'm a man who likes everything like new, so this really annoyed me, and now whenever I move my head whilst wearing them, faint sounds can be heard that sound like the cable hitting the plastic inside the earbuds.

My question is, can this be fixed? The earbuds are sealed shut with no way of opening them that wouldn't possibly damage them, but I'd at least like to know if the crinkles in the cable can be fixed.

Thanks

 

[expat_mike]

I googled your headphones and found this page http://www.petervis.com/Vintage%20Misc/Vintage%20Headphones/Sony%20MDR-W10/Sony%20MDR-W10.html

They do look similar to the headphones that came with an Akai personal stereo that I used a lot about 25 years ago. I was only thinking last week, that you don't see headphones with that design approach nowadays.

Sadly the webpage confirms that the headphones are near impossible to open up and repair. It also says that sometimes you can buy second hand pairs for up to £10. Inevitably this raises the question of do you want to spend time and money, in an attempt to repair the phones, or do you want to buy a used pair off ebay, or alternatively buy a brand new pair of modern earbuds?

If you want to try a repair, this webpage gives a few ideas http://www.explainthatstuff.com/howtorepairheadphones.html , so you could try them, but any joins in the cable will be visible, which may not appeal to you.

 

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Ah... Thanks anyways.

I think I'll just wait until a cheap enough pair pop up on eBay then...

 

[expat_mike]

Ah... Thanks anyways.

I think I'll just wait until a cheap enough pair pop up on eBay then...

Yes I think that will probably be the cheapest, and least hassle option.