Olle Sjostrom Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Hello gang! I'm sorry if this has been covered already, I searched and found nothing. So, I work in radio on national public radio. We have a bunch of dead headphones, mostly due to broken wires inside the headphones, not the cable. I'm talking about the wire that go between the cups. It's a two core cable, where the wires are red and another color. And they're super thin. The jacket is hardly a mm (bear with me, I'm European) in width, and inside the jacket sits two even thinner wires. I think you know what I mean. Can you buy these cables in length? I'd gladly buy a mile of it if I could find it. My thinking is that the tax payers shouldn't have to buy new super expensive headphones because of a broken cable that theoretically is an easy fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shastapete Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Audio is low voltage and low current, so you can use almost any wire to repair the headphones, Just contact your favorite local electronics dealer like Farnell https://se.farnell.com/ and search for your 2 conductor wire. You might not find the exact wire used, but it doesn't really matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Echoing what Peter said. You might look at flexibility as a criteria as these likely broke due to flexing (or maybe being stretched too tightly, so address that on your repair), other than that, find something that fits, it's not critical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted October 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 3 hours ago, John Blankenship said: :Echoing what Peter said. You might look at flexibility as a criteria as these likely broke due to flexing (or maybe being stretched too tightly, so address that on your repair), other than that, find something that fits, it's not critical. Thanks! And I’ve thought about this myself, that I can just take any wine. Right now I’m repurposing these tiny cables from other headphones, where the plastic has broken straight off but all the cabling is intact. Works. But for the most part, these cables have to small enough and flexible enough to fit in all the special little nooks and crannies of the headphones. I’m sure I can find what I need, but I find scrolling through the internet looking at pictures a bit hard; not one of the cables I find actually look like the cables I want, and that makes me think that I’ll just end up ordering the wrong cables. So my dream scenario would just be that someone knew right away what these wires are called and where to order them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Farrell Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 I think the stuff in most headphone cables is called litz wire. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted October 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Checked it out. Thing is, there's no real store I can go to and actually see it, the only way is through the internet and potentially order the wrong product over and over.. Very frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossblackmore Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 What about pulling some single cores out of a spare length of cat5? They might not be flexible enough, but might work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted November 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 That's the thing, the phones I'm trying to repair are mostly 7506s, and that wire is a very specific thickness and flexibility. I've looked into litz wire as well and that seems to work, but I'd have to put a jacket on two of those wires myself, and right about there's where my competence ends. And also, any old thin wire would do, but it doesn't really suit the national public radio to go around with frankenphones, IMO Still looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 Trew Audio has third-party straight and coiled replacement cables available for the 7506/V6 HPs. Bulk cable would be much lower cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Tuzo Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 If the Litz doesn’t work for you, you could consider Teflon hookup wire for internal repairs. Best place to buy is oddly eBay, as it gets pricy by the spool https://www.ebay.com/itm/32-30-28-26-24-AWG-Silver-Plated-PTFE-Wire-Assortment-50-feet-SPC/383636195713?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225118%26meid%3D80288ef615e44f8aa14e8d1f71ec79b2%26pid%3D100935%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D173929462870%26itm%3D383636195713%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithDarwoV3BBEV2b%26brand%3DThermax&_trksid=p2332490.c100935.m2460 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted November 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 On 11/1/2020 at 8:57 PM, Rick Reineke said: Trew Audio has third-party straight and coiled replacement cables available for the 7506/V6 HPs. Bulk cable would be much lower cost. Thanks! But what I need is the thin wire between the headphones. I can sort of work with what I have and I think litz wire, some paint and flexible enough shrink tubes will get me far. But I just can't understand that these cables, or wires perhaps, are not sold in bulk. But then again there's a lot I don't understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Reshovsky Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 While not the exact same cable, Mogami makes some very small and extremely flexible cables. W2444 seems to be their smallest, with a 1mm diameter, and many other models in increasing sizes. Markertek sells it by the foot if you want to try it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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