20-05-2012, 05:36 AM
(This post was last modified: 20-05-2012, 06:49 AM by Wage Slave.)
Well thank you all - I just hope I don't come across it again but at least I know better how to handle it if I do. It wouldn't have been so bad but I thought I could take a section out of the main lead, strip it and get the 7 inches or so of very thin shielded cable I needed to replace the snapped one in the microphone boom. On top of discovering that was not the case at all although it looked like it, I had the fun and games with trying to re-connect the wretched stuff. Not my finest moment or most elegant repair.
When I had repaired the damage I had caused I accepted the inevitable and headed off to the shop to buy a metre of the thinnest and non Litz shielded which thankfully threaded through the mic boom even though it wasn't nearly as stiff as the original wire. Being non Litz made no apparent difference to the sound. Surely Litz costs more than standard wire so I am surprised that it is used on such cheap kit.
Anyway, I start to question my rationality at times. A new headset costs nothing much so why did I spend so long on it and why did I want to try and fix it without having to visit the shop even for a bit of wire?
Keeps me away from strong drink and fast women is, I suppose, the best I can offer.
When I had repaired the damage I had caused I accepted the inevitable and headed off to the shop to buy a metre of the thinnest and non Litz shielded which thankfully threaded through the mic boom even though it wasn't nearly as stiff as the original wire. Being non Litz made no apparent difference to the sound. Surely Litz costs more than standard wire so I am surprised that it is used on such cheap kit.
Anyway, I start to question my rationality at times. A new headset costs nothing much so why did I spend so long on it and why did I want to try and fix it without having to visit the shop even for a bit of wire?
Keeps me away from strong drink and fast women is, I suppose, the best I can offer.
