Headphones Question

[Sir Topham Hatt]

My cat chewed through the headphone wire of my headset overnight.

So I stripped back the cord to the wires, there was a blue, red and gold one. I joined the wires together and tried them out but they didn't work.

It's worked lots of times before but is there a reason they wouldn't this time? IE, because they are stereo headphones, would the wires be shielded from each other, therefore although I joined red to red, blue to blue, I didn't really shield them.

Sorry, I know it's a bit bland, but I was just wondering.

Thanks

[Reacon]

Long ago I was in the exact same situation that you're in. I tried soldering it but all I could get to work was the right ear. My suggestion is buy a new pair or have them sent in to get repaired.

[hjf288]

trim the frayed ends of the cable, strip the plastic coating so you got a good length of copper cable.. twist both ends together tight and use heatshrink tubing to cover the repair

[neoadorable]

don't be desperate Spoon, not worth the hassle. get new headphones and try to teach your cat not to do these things. or keep then next headphones out of reach.

EDIT: also a good case for generic $10-20 headphones...better lose one of those than a $50 pair of Sennheisers or something. Just buy new ones on the cheap and you're set.