Earphone(s) problems, not related to any game(s)Follow

Hello everyone, I have a problem :(

A while ago, I had a pair of earphones, they worked rather well and I liked them...but one day, it happened! I couldn't hear sound from one side of the earphones, so I screwed around with it (as in, ******** with the wire trying to push it further or pull it out etc) and eventually killed the pair of earphones, heh.

So a week after, I go buy some cheap ones, and well, they break (The same way) after a day.

So a week after, I go buy this expensive Plantronics headset, which I was convinced would last a while, since it's supposed to be a heavy duty gamers' headset.

Two months after, something weird happened : I could only hear half the sound I was supposed to hear, as in, you listen to a song and hear the beat but not the singer's voice, and I couldn't hear bass either, something weird. So well, I put them on my comp desc and let them rest. One hour later I come back and I can only hear sound on one side of the earphones now.


Soo, I'm kind of pondering why this happens to me. I didn't throw my headset on the wall, I didn't drop it, etc. So basically, I'm asking why this happens, and(if) how it can be repaired or avoided; anyone knows?


Thanks in advance,

Loarake

The phone jack might also be damaged. In stereo headphones, one channel is at the top, and the other is at the bottom. if you are losing signal in one ear, it could be because the bottom section is broken, or corroded, or has dust in it, etc. Or it could possibly be overvolting and melting the headphone wires, but that seems unlikely.

Cable damage may not be apparent on the outside, as I have discovered. I used to have headphones "die" on one side a lot until I stopped buying ones with those awful 1/8" L-plugs. The connections inside them are more brittle than normal connections, I guess. You could use a soldering iron, electrical tape, and wire cutters, and cut off the jack and solder a new one on. That might help. And get an L-plug adapter (separate piece!) at Radio Smack so you don't have to have one on your headphones.

An ounce of prevention, right? Here's some tips to avoid having this happen again. Take a look at the environment your entire length of cable sits in. Make sure it's not getting squashed under something, especially something with a hard edge like a table leg or a desk. Also, make sure you aren't twisting or pulling your cable, or tying it in knots. If you're likely to get up and step on your cable, and we've all done that before, tie a large, loose half-hitch almost-a-knot in between your head and the floor so you will have some warning before you rip the internals of the cable apart.