Earphone repair

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

They're only cheap now but they were actually £20 when I bought them! F###ers!!!

do argos still sell them then? I wanted some of those but they didn't have any when we looked a couple of month ago

[yorkie_chris]

They have them online.

May well order some, and send the old ones back as knackered and get a refund. Free replacement It's only a little bit fraudulent lol

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

They have them online.

May well order some, and send the old ones back as knackered and get a refund. Free replacement It's only a little bit fraudulent lol

or fix the old ones and give the free replacement to me

[yorkie_chris]

Got them CX500's today, not tried yet on bike, but I'm impressed with the details supplied, like loads of spare er "rubber bits wot go in yer lugole" and a little bag to keep them in. Sound quality is fookin worlds better than the wharfedale ones

[Viney]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

Repairing them is easy. Replacment jacks are available from maplins. Wire is a wee bit fiddly but its easy enough as long as you tin the jack and the wire and don't use too much then it will be easy enough.
But for the sake of £8.99 might as well buy new or upgrade to a decent pair of Sennheisers which will be made from better materials and will be less likely to break and easier to fix.

Not always the case. I used to have a pair of the Sonly MDP74's or whatever they where, about £35 a piar. Great earphones and been recommended by a few. However, using them in the gym created thier own problems. I found that after 6 months use my own sweat (nice!) actually ate the sleeving on the cable exposing bare wire etc. This happened on 2 sets, so i stopped going to the gym and bought a pair of Philips jobbies (Sniggers, i said jobbies) and to be hoenst they are as good as the sonys with a far better cable arrangement. So not everything is better, its how you treat these things.

[Mr Speirs]

Mmm sony's aren't exactly quality nor are Philips regardless of the price. I referenced the Sennhesiers as we use some of these with our In Ear Monitor Systems that we sent out for Tours. Not had any break on me yet. They do go missing or get replaced by ****ty earphones. Damn Bands.

[Viney]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

Mmm sony's aren't exactly quality nor are Philips regardless of the price. I referenced the Sennhesiers as we use some of these with our In Ear Monitor Systems that we sent out for Tours. Not had any break on me yet. They do go missing or get replaced by ****ty earphones. Damn Bands.

To be honest, i tried the Sennhesiers as i have a pair of HD25's which are brilliant, but to be honest, i thought the CMX300's and 500's were just as good as the sony and the philips in sound quality

[Mr Speirs]

Oh sorry I was referencing the Sennheiser IE4's.
HD25's are excellent. As long as they aren't the SP version.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Got them CX500's today, not tried yet on bike, but I'm impressed with the details supplied, like loads of spare er "rubber bits wot go in yer lugole" and a little bag to keep them in. Sound quality is fookin worlds better than the wharfedale ones

Good stuff! Also, you don't have to have them as loud as you would with regular buds, and I find them much more comfortable.

[Viney]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

Oh sorry I was referencing the Sennheiser IE4's.
HD25's are excellent. As long as they aren't the SP version.

Nope, full fat version. Other than the fact the ear pads need replcing (Again) they are great.