Hi there . please help me as i love these headphones. the sound from one speaker died. by withdrawing the lead one step back the sound comes through both speakers but its not the same tone as before , perhaps its not in stereo , its probably mono. but the speakers are fine , there is some issue with the socket . previously i had issues with this socket part , and had to struggle to get the sound coming through both sides, but now it has completely muted.not even by toiling with the wires or socket. just mono as i draw it back a step
Audio Players & Recorders - Fostex - T20RP Professional Headphones
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You're absolutely right, in case the earth cable (the common one from both headphones) is cut, the sound is mono and less bright than the original. You must locate the point of the cable with the problem, cut the cable at this point and connect it at a new headphones jack. In case you can't use a soldering tool for the connections, I suggest to use another cable with the headphones jack already connected, cut it about 20 cm from the jack and connect these leads at the leads you cut before. About the wiring the common rule is that the black cable goes to the grownd of the jack (it's the common cable) and the other two are for the two rest leads. In order to give more details post me back how you are going to handle it (with soldering tool or just cables) in order to give you more details and schematics. A good idea is to clarify the color of the existing cable leads and if possible the availability of a multimeter.
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