My headphones have been working pretty well for a long time, but now the sound doesnt work properly, the vocals and midtones are completely gone, and very muddy, gritty sounding. This problem goes away when a wiggle the plug around and pull it half out, and replacing the cord did not solve my problem. This happens on my iPad and on my pc.
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the problem is the cable from one driver to the other suffers from fatigue due to the bending of the plastic frame as the headphone fits to your head, causing copper cables to disintegrate.
the solution is to take apart the headphones (mini and regular Phillips screwdriver ONLY required) and solder a new cable in. in my case i used a standard coaxial cable for replacement.
once you have split the end of the senheiser cable output from cup 1 into its two parts you need to attach it to the equivalent connections on cup 2 (which u also need to split, i suggest using a modeling knife)
the red wire is insulated with ceramic coating much the same way as an electromagnet winding, the other is standard copper. you must attach copper to copper red to red with YOUR OWN cable.
the most difficult part is removing the ceramic insulation coating on the red wire, which i removed with a blast from a cigarette lighter. simple.
problem is your cable probably will not fit in the slot designed for the previous cable so i drilled a small hole in the BACK of the cup (silver colored horse shoe shape) and ran the cable outside the plastic case. not pretty but it saved me £40 for 2 hours work, which is not bad.
i am a trained mechanical and electrical engineer so u can trust.
the speakers on the computer might have gone bad so connect external speakers> if they work then the internal speakers have gone bad> or else go to the Control panel> select sound> see if speakers are the Default device or not> if not select so
I guess a good place to start is to split the problem in half.
Do you have a set of headphones you could plug into your PC and test the audio quality with?
If you check with headphones and the audio is good, then we know to work towards your speakers, not the card. If the sound is bad on the headphones as well, then we'll look toward your card, connections,etc...
Also some questions for you: Are the speakers external? Are they powered? How are they "attached" to your PC?
Found your question due to having the exact problem you described. New firmware, format... loaded new music, same problem. While switching to yet another set of headphones the sound got better momentarily. The case doesn't appear loose, but squeeze right next to the lcd and lyra name and the audio was fixed. For some reason the audio was mechanical sounding and the voice was almost non-existant unless pressure was placed on the player where described. I tightened the screw in the retaining strap hole and the one under the USB connector flap and all is well for now. Good Luck!!!!
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