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That intermittent static in the headset drove me nuts
I traced it to a frayed wire in the yoke connector after checking all the cables. A bit of solder and heat shrink fixed it for good.
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lane.morgan7mo ago
Honestly that's usually where the problem ends up being. A little strain relief on the cable near the connector can prevent it from happening again. Heat shrink was the right call for a solid fix.
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kevin_lee757mo ago
Last month while fixing some audio cables, I noticed heat shrink tubing cracked after just a few uses. It's not always the solid fix people claim. Doesn't it just become another point of failure over time? I've found that adding a small bead of silicone adhesive at the stress point works way better. Why settle for a fix that might not last?
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claire9587mo ago
My old studio headphones from 2012 have heat shrink on the jack that's still fine. How much heat are people using on this stuff anyway? It sounds like maybe the tubing got overheated and got brittle. If it's cracking after a few bends, was the cable already damaged underneath? Sometimes the fix is just covering up a problem that was already there.
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