Don't try to splice earphone cables

noise

x sized MP3 player.

s to my PO BOX,

old address they

ada, so I cut

ones, well

ug my SI earphones

to 2 and there's 2 wires

to have to hotwire the

e and despite having

weird rubber,

same rubber covering,

k. =A02 earphones wrecked,

bally assaulted too badly.

Herc, Herc, Herc - you your own worst enemy.....

ng noise

box sized MP3 player.

cts to my PO BOX,

y old address they

yada, so I cut

phones, well

plug my SI earphones

into 2 and there's 2 wires

g to have to hotwire the

ble and despite having

of weird rubber,

he same rubber covering,

uck. =A02 earphones wrecked,

erbally assaulted too badly.

Does that sentence even make sense to you David?

ding noise

chbox sized MP3 player.

rects to my PO BOX,

my old address they

da yada, so I cut

arphones, well

o plug my SI earphones

s into 2 and there's 2 wires

ing to have to hotwire the

cable and despite having

e of weird rubber,

the same rubber covering,

luck. =A02 earphones wrecked,

verbally assaulted too badly.

So I left out an "are" - what is your problem, loser? I blame the James Squire Original Amber Ale.....

noise

sized MP3 player.

to my PO BOX,

old address they

yada, so I cut

earphones, well

my SI earphones

and there's 2 wires

have to hotwire the

and despite having

weird rubber,

same rubber covering,

luck. 2 earphones wrecked,

verbally assaulted too badly.

So I left out an "are" - what is your problem, loser? I blame the James Squire Original Amber Ale.....

alk.

You bring it on yourself, you annoying loon.

You bring it on yourself, you annoying loon.

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Classic rapists defence.

Herc

Says the lying extortionist stalker loon.

ytalk.

You need to ne VERY careful of what you accuse someone of, you slimey little brain-damaged maggot, otherwise you might find yourself ending up in a court of law (yet again).

rubber covering,

I think they're made that way so as to obviate the standard solution of replacing the plug when the wearer makes the the all too common mistake of trying to walk away from the device the headphones are plugged into, causing the conductors to part company (if only internally) with the plug.

They're probably made with specially designed inadequate strain relief as well.

Sylvia.

rubber covering,

I've had some success by just pretending I haven't noticed, and soldering a wire onto them regardless.

Sylvia.

same rubber covering,

replacing the plug when the wearer makes the the all too

plugged into, causing the conductors to part company (if

Actually the stretchy sheath and frayed wire on the $90 earphones is a lot easier to bend than the blackberry cable.

Any candidates for a stretchy conducting material to solve the sudden jolt problem?

I'll have a go cutting the sheath lengthwise with scissors, but working with sub millimeter wires is a pain.

Herc

Conductive plastic tinsel?

Probably not in the cases where I've had success.

I think there are variants where there are some real metal strands in there, together with many non-metal fibres.

Sylvia.

Correct. The non-copper strands are what provide the strength , but they can usually burnt away with a lighter or match to make it easier to solder the wire.

unding noise

atchbox sized MP3 player.

directs to my PO BOX,

to my old address they

yada yada, so I cut

earphones, well

plug my SI earphones

into 2 and there's 2 wires

ng to have to hotwire the

able and despite having

ade of weird rubber,

in the same rubber covering,

no luck. 2 earphones wrecked,

et verbally assaulted too badly.

LOL! Good one, Hercster!

the

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It's called Litz wire. Gives it strength and flexibility.

It's called Litz wire. Gives it strength and flexibility.

Found this very effective BUT slow................. A Dremel tool with a stainless steel wire wheel attachment works very well. I found that the stainless wheel works faster and lasts longer than the carbon steel wheel, with the added advantage that the small pieces of the wheel brush that wear off during the process are non-magnetic, so they won't attach to nearby driver magnets (don't need little pieces of wire inside my EMIMs and EMITs!). Simply remove ~ 1/2" of the insulation, then untwist the various strands from each other (the Cardas Litz has 3 counterwound layers of different diameter wire to untwist, do them one at a time) and flatten them into a flat fan shape. Set the Dremel to about 1/2 of maximum speed and apply to the coated wire, ensuring that the wheel is ALWAYS turning toward the ends of the wire (otherwise they will entangle with the spinning wire wheel and snap off!). 10 seconds on each side of the fanned wire is very effective at removing the varnish coating without destroying the wires. Then re-fan the wire in a different direction and repeat the process 2 or 3 times to ensure that all the wires get stripped. You will be left with nice clean varnish-free wires, which can then be tinned as usual.

As a test of this method I measured the AC impedance of each of the wires of the same length at 10kHz using my LCR meter, and found that they all were very consistent, indicating that I was effectively and consistently removing the varnish and using all the wires in the bundle.

By the way, the speakers sound terrific! I'm not sure how much of the improvement was from the litz wire, but it certainly didn't hurt the sound!

n the

ring

It's nice to know that you mucking around with CB radios all these years has not gone completely to waste.

You never know when to give up, do you? Litz wire is unlikely to be used in CB radio.