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daveyrach
25-10-13, 04:00 PM
Hi all

My son bought some 'genuine' Dr Dre beats in Turkey lol. They only cost £15 n he's only had them 2 weeks but the speaker has come away from the cabling inside anyone know where I can get one of these to solder back in?

Tried ebay no luck, but ti be fair I didn't know what to search for.

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Bibio
25-10-13, 04:06 PM
throw them out and tell him to get proper headphones.

daveyrach
25-10-13, 04:09 PM
Bib, could you define proper headphones?

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Spank86
25-10-13, 04:16 PM
have you tried soldering the existing one back in?

TBH i have no idea where you'd get a speaker like that unless you now someone who's broken another pair.


If they were beats I'd agree with Bib, but TBH they're just headphones in a fancy package Have you considered cannibalizing another cheap pair of over ear headphones to put in both sides? (since replacing one side with a different speaker may sound...odd)

daveyrach
25-10-13, 04:25 PM
Yeah spose you know what 14 year olds are like. Added to which he is deaf and wears an implant and hearing aid so in ear headphones are out.

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Bibio
25-10-13, 04:38 PM
define decent headphones.. ermm anything that are not beats as they are overpriced shizz.

sennheiser, beyerdynamic, sony to name a few. i personally have a preference for beyerdynamic.

if he is deaf then all the more reason to get better headphones. i know being 14 he wants something trendy so my recomandation would be the new ones from yamaha that look like dr dreeeeeezzzzz but sound much much better.

ClunkintheUK
25-10-13, 04:40 PM
The cannibalising thing sounds like your best idea.

joe_f59
25-10-13, 04:44 PM
+1 sennheisr. Good value and good clarity

daveyrach
26-10-13, 08:18 AM
define decent headphones.. ermm anything that are not beats as they are overpriced shizz.

sennheiser, beyerdynamic, sony to name a few. i personally have a preference for beyerdynamic.

if he is deaf then all the more reason to get better headphones. i know being 14 he wants something trendy so my recomandation would be the new ones from yamaha that look like dr dreeeeeezzzzz but sound much much better.

They may well be overpriced but these are not genuine and only cost the equivalent of £15 of his own money and he's happy so I'm happy.

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maviczap
26-10-13, 09:08 AM
They may well be overpriced but these are not genuine and only cost the equivalent of £15 of his own money and he's happy so I'm happy.

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Aye there's no telling a 14 year old what's not good. Even though they are dodgy Dr Dre its big kudos to have something that looks like the real thing.

Like you say, if he's happy you're happy

If it were me I'd take my daughter out and get her to choose something that she wanted from Currys, PC World Amazon, Ebay, even if it wasn't Dr Dre.

That's the trouble with this dodgy stuff, its not built to the same standard.

You'll have to find a dodgy Chinese website and order from there, there's quite a few out there.

thulfi
27-10-13, 03:47 AM
I have the Sennheiser momentum over ear headphone. It's awesome. Beats by dre are naff. Fake ones from Turkey must be even worse.

SoulKiss
28-10-13, 08:27 PM
Get on a train into Camden and get another pair of fake Dr Dre-adfuls for another £15...

Be as cheap/less hassle than fixin these ones.

Just be prepared for frequent trips back for more sets...

Bluepete
28-10-13, 08:49 PM
If solder doesn't work, you could try these.

http://www.whathifi.com/review/akg-k451

They're available online for £50 which is a fantastic bargain. I listened to some the other day and I'd choose these every day of the week.

Pete ;)

M65
29-10-13, 02:11 PM
Beats are gash. End of. Even the cheap SoungMAGIC stuff sounds better then that Dr. Dre shizz. Shure, Beyerdynamics, Sennheiser, Audio Technica, Grado to name but a few will all do relatively cheap headphones/earphones that will blow Beats out of the water. Buy cheap, buy twice. Its just not worth it sometimes.