problem with sony headphones
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Topic: problem with sony headphones
Posted By: acheron
Subject: problem with sony headphones
Date Posted: March 23 2007 at 18:50
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I bought these really nice sony MDR-XD400 headphones less than a year a ago. Obviously they are stereo, but a couple months ago they started playing in mono. Both channels are coming through both sides, and its really pissing me off. I opened them up, but i couldnt figure out how to fix them. Does anyone have any suggestions? It sucks listening to prog. with mono headphones... |
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 04:26
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Real strange. and are you sure it doesn't comes from the source?
Have you tried the same source with other headphones? |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 07:13
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This is most likely a problem of the jack (plug) ... any stereo headphone jack (small/big, doesn't matter) will default back to mono if it isn't plugged in all the way ... or if there's a problem with the contacts.
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 08:12
You know what, my Sony headphones are acting funny, too. I have the MDR-XD200 series and it sounds as if the left side dominates the right side. I've tried plugging and re-plugging and it still does it. It's got one of those attachments that you put on the smaller input to make it fit the bigger, so I wonder if that's the problem. E ------------- 
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acheron wrote:Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 08:14
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I've got the attachment off and listening to Marillion through iTunes and it sounds fine. Could it be that little attachment, I wonder?
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 08:21
| Plug contact problems are classic on cheap headphones. |
Posted By: acheron
Date Posted: March 26 2007 at 11:32
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no i've tried the headphones with several computers, an ipod, and an old CD player and it't the same for all of them, and I have different paid of headphones that work just fine in all of them it's really strange, since sony won't refund me or send me replacements, I opened them up to see If i couldn't fix them myself, but no luck yet. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 31 2007 at 07:58
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I have a Sony MDR 750 (I know the first number is right) and it never gave me a problem. But that was anything but a cheapie. I was set to buy an outstanding pair of headphones and it sounded almost better than the AKG 600, but comfortwise, this one won hands down.
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