I found my E2s

[smopo24]

Originally Posted by mikegee

i read a review on this product in the latest cnet new products magazine... they ship with adult ear buds! genius move, disney!!! market a product for kids, and dont get it right...

if you are an adult, and you buy that mp3 player for your self, you have worse problems than disney trying to screw you.

[dagosto]

Originally Posted by Nubus

They were in one of those yellow plastic bags from Tower tangled up with my battery charger. They were camouflaged!
I think they're broken now too. Looks like I have to cut the end off and put a new plug on there. I've never had any luck at all soldering these little headphone wires. Are there any secrets to soldering tiny cables?

Tiny soldering irons.

Just strip the cable so there is a good amount of extra wire. Stick to your guns until everything is reconnected and use electrical tape to cover the bare wire. Still not easy though.

[mikegee]

Originally Posted by smopo24

if you are an adult, and you buy that mp3 player for your self, you have worse problems than disney trying to screw you.

hahaha no way jose, i dont want those! but i was reading the review in the mag, and it said they ship with adult ear buds, so like, how does that make any sense ya know??? i agree, it looks like a kids product, but tell that to the marketing geniuses at disney...

[Nubus]

Originally Posted by lukedavo

Oh man, i looked into soldering an end like that before, freakin impossible. I hate to say it but you may have to get a new set. See if shure can send you a new set, tell them the connector is shi**y, couldnt hurt to ask.

No way dude there has to be a way to solder teeny wires. Shure isn't gonna help me. I'm gonna give it a shot once they finally quit (right now it just crackles and the left cuts in and out)
Hopefully the E2s are made of decent enough wire, I think that is the key

[dolivas]

Originally Posted by dagosto

Tiny soldering irons.

Just strip the cable so there is a good amount of extra wire. Stick to your guns until everything is reconnected and use electrical tape to cover the bare wire. Still not easy though.

yep thats what I would do as well. Many a cheapy headphones I've recovered just using straight up electrical tape.

[Nubus]

Originally Posted by dolivas

yep thats what I would do as well. Many a cheapy headphones I've recovered just using straight up electrical tape.

You think I shouldn't lop off the end?

[smopo24]

i have a pair of sennheiser HD265s that the left cup stopped working and was no longer under warranty. i called them up, and they just had me pay for postage there, and they sent me a new pair! how's that for customer service!

[Nubus]

Originally Posted by smopo24

i have a pair of sennheiser HD265s that the left cup stopped working and was no longer under warranty. i called them up, and they just had me pay for postage there, and they sent me a new pair! how's that for customer service!

Same thing here with my set of 265s, makes me think that happened often. Too bad I trashed mine.

[Nubus]

I still haven't operated on the E2s, but I did a test with a set of broken headphones from best buy. I was able to find the teeny wires inside. One thing that helped was I didn't bother trying to tin the ends. Also, I had to keep the cable from touching the connector until it was cool, or else the housing of that cable would start to melt. I ended up with a mono set of headphones though, I don't know how that happened. left and right are there... but in the middle.