Excellent! Had no idea that's how it's fixed. You saved me from getting new headphones AND when I called Sennheiser about the springs they sent them to me at NO CHARGE! Shipped free. Thank you Sennheiser and thank YOU InnerFidelity! Great video, great up close shots. Literally took me 10 minutes to replace...course I had to put a pair of +250 over a pair of +250 glasses to see those hair thin wires but your tutorial was spot on. Thanks for taking the time to share this!
I'm working with a disassembled HD700 that sucked a screw into the rear of the driver tonight, your suggestion to suck on the thin plastic of the driver to bring it back to shape saved me, thank you.
I used this guide to figure out why one side of my Sennheiser HD 58X Jubilee headphones weren't working. Turns out the spring had popped out and was no longer making contact with the two-pronged connectors. Used some tweezers to click it back in, and everything's working now. Thanks for the disassembly / explanation video.
thank you SO MUCH, the buzzing sound has been driving me crazy for more than a year and following your tutorial reveal a tiny hair on the driver, carefully removed it and it now works again, you just made my day
I like how you kept the slip-ups in. I think if you edited it to be smooth-sailing procedure, people'd be more prone to slipping up, themselves. They'd take for granted, that _it'll just work out like yours did._
These headphones are goddamn tough i can tell you. must have dropped them more than a 100 times (i"m pretty clumsy). Also tripped allot over the cable which resulted in some high speed collision with the floor and janking the jack out of my audiointerface. And god how many times i've driven over the cables with my wheelchair... you really don't wanna know... I also go to sleep allot with them on, and they never got bend or cracked or anything like that. It's really a fucking miracle they're still working like a charm and looking good !! (except for the greasy looking disfigured infected ear cushions i never bothered to replace... I'm pretty sure it repels people away from wanting to wear my headphones.....which is a good thing)
Great video, thank you! I've got two tips. Not sure if they'd work, but I think it's worth a shot: 1. At 7:30 : I think if you take a very thin string and push it carefully through a hole in the spring, then you tie that string down somewhere, then the little spring can't accidentally jump anywhere. So you'll never lose it. Maybe twist the other end around your pinky finger a couple of times. After you've inserted the spring, you can just untie the string at its other end and pull it through the spring. I wouldn't recommend using dental floss, it could leave a mark. 2. 8:56 Instead of pliers, I'd use two long, thin needles. You'd use the two needles just like the pliers. First, you'd squeeze the spring, like you do with the pliers in your left hand. Except with the pliers, you can use one hand, but with the needles, you'd use both hands. You'd then keep them in the squeezed position using your left hand only (like you do in the video). Then, you'd take another pliers in your right hand, and repeat what you've done in the video. Thanks again for the awesome video!
This worked. A few suggestions: 1. Set up good light and use a magnifier headset that puts a lens over each eye (so you have 3D vision). 2. Tape the driver down to the table. Place it a good distance away from the edge of the table in case the spring gets away from you. 3. What worked best for me was to compress the spring with a pair of tweezers (as in the video) and move it down into the well, The tweezers will prevent the spring from entering the well, so use the needle nose pliers to push it out of the tweezers' jaws, into the well. 4. The springs are magnetic, so you can use a strong magnet to hold them until you're ready to place them. 5. Be careful. As you can see from the comments, it is easy to break one of those tiny wires, to dent the driver, or to lose the spring. And Sennheiser sent me a set of springs. Thank you, Senn!
I f'ed my diaphram independently, so sad. It was so dumb what I did I cannot even explain. Pro tip, if you accidentally push in the bubble, you can reinflate the bubble from the back by blowing gently with your mouth. DO NOT USE COMPRESSED AIR AS IT WILL DESTROY THE DIAPHRAM :((((
@@TopGunMan you can use compressed air to inflate the dome, just don't blow it too close. and if you got wrinkle on ridge just like i did on last night, you can use sticky foam tape to carefully stick it to wrinkle, wait for 30 about 30 seconds, and pull up the wrinkle to rid of it. that is only way that has actually worked. other method always make the wrinkle worse. pro tip: just do not clean up driver ever.
Many thanks, you explain things in a really good way, and show it well. It's easy to understand for someone who knows a bit about computers but is far from being into all the details of repairing electronics. Thank you very much
Thank you! I was able to remove hair and grossness stuck between the casing and driver of my HD650 and restore them to great working order thanks to this tutorial.
I thought I'd totally knackered the connector on one of the ears, but thanks to this video I fixed in in less than five minutes! Thanks for saving me a lot of hassle/cash.
I always found it funny how people change cables in the HD600/650 to different materials/ different thickness, and priced at more than the headphone itself, when in fact, that outside cable will always contact the drivers voice coil trough that hair-like tiny piece of wire.
Basic physics: resistance is affected not only by the thickness of the wire but also by its length. The driver's wire has to be thin so as not to add to the weight of the diaphragm, i.e. to allow it to reproduce the higher frequencies. It does have resistance but this is why it's kept very short. The external cable is very long, which means resistance can only be reduced by increasing the thickness of the wire. Also, it requires very good insulation to mitigate cross-talk between the left-right channels. Better cables deliver better sound.
@@ntsarb if a cable is working properly, the sound will not be improved by using a “better” cable. As the Video shows, the internal gauge of wire used is minuscule. A braided silver or copper cable will not alter the output electrical signal in anyway, unless defective.
Happy to stumble upon this video. My HD 58x Jubilees decided to lose sound on right side after 6 years of use. Just had to pop off the frame and the driver just fell in my hands. Put the springs back home and we have sound again.
Thanks for the video. Little tip for the low budget type, of if you're in a situation: You can solder a tiny bit on the tips of the connectors, if the springs are worn and makes for audio dropouts. That way, you don't have to exchange the springs.
The left driver of my HD650 was suddenly extremely quiet... Following the instructions here to disassemble, and then sucking on the cone and pushing it back in slightly was able to reseat the coil into the proper location... Reassemble, and it's fixed! Thanks!
Excellent vid! I have been able to fix a problem where one channel was louder than the other. I disassembled both sides to realize that one driver assembly was out of his socket, and un aligned, giving the impression that the sound was weaker. Now fixed! Thanks :)
thank you so much! the bass range on my HD6XX was rattling like crazy, disambled the headphones and noticed the driver membrane on one of the speakers was "pushed in", took some tape and was quickly able to fix it
Really thankful that you made that mistake and bashed in your driver with those plyers and talked how you could kinda suck it back. Typically if I get rattling in mine I try to clean it with a q tip and that usually works but was out of those so I tried a pipe cleaner and stabbed a little dimple in which really affected the sound and thought I was screwed but sucking it out took the crackle away and my 58X is working great again.
Tyll, a perfect video as usual! The voice coil lead wires are every bit as fragile as Tyll says... Look at them funny and they'll break. In cleaning my drivers due to at least a half decade of hair accumulation, I broke the first one I tried. I just barely touched it with a screwdriver, which I was using to clean the crevice between the diaphragm edge and the plastic housing. Thankfully, Sennheiser's flat rate repair is $136 in the USA and covers shipping both ways. Mine will be on their way tomorrow. Cheaper than new drivers from them!
Thank you very much for your instructions. I'm certain I would have been able to muscle the things apart, but it would have been at a price of god knows how many broken clips and angst as I superglued it all back together again. You have done a mitzvah.
THANK YOU! Almost bought cheap ($100 for HD650), highly used, seemingly OK headphones with broken material on baffle plate assembly (seems like it was the earliest version).
thanks. cool video. I have a pair of HD 580 that I have used nearly every day since 2000. the pads have totally disintegrated. this video will help me to put the new pads on.
Thanks. Got at least a temporary fix by bending the springs back into shape. It's worth noting that the wires from the driver often drape over the arms on the ends of the springs, and messing with the springs can make the arms rotate up and snag the wires.
superb tutorial about how to get the HD 600s to bits. my problem is something else (some rattle/resonance inside a lollipop) but now feel confient to order the spare from sennheiser and change it myself rather than have to post off the entire headphones for "service" ;-)
awesome I had a loose connection on the right coil, but the spring was fine, the tiny red wire was coming out. I using a super fine jewelers bit to push it back in and it's fixed, for now.
Interesting, I came into possession of a pair of HD 580, and with this video I can kinda see the history of my headphone. The person who owned it used it a ton, the drivers look like they are from the older models but he replaced the springs. the headband pad was replaced a few times, he even replaced the made in ireland plastic tabs with newer ones since the headband shows signs of being opened multiple times but the plastic tabs look new. The ear pads are newer also but not stock, looks like an extra expense for me in the future. The diaphragm is also of the older , blacked out version. What I found interesting was the replaced spring since that either he had to fix the spring issue himself or was sent in for repair at least once so far, talk about a long lasting can. Sounds just fine and there is no damage on the driver. I'm personally thinking about getting the HD 650 headband and housing (since they do look good) and maybe a pair of drivers from a HD 600 for back ups in case these drivers ever do go bad.
The replacement part is out of stock. I ended up applying force on the existing springs with pliers and testing if that did the trick and it did! Now fully back in working order. My HD600 has the original silver springs and black/grey cloth.. not sure if that makes any difference but just a heads up. I also own a pair of HD650 which still work fine but they might end up getting the same treatment when they start losing connection too. ( they already have some play ) replacement is ideal but this seems to work too. :) Thanks for the video it really helped me out big time!
I got a piece of hair stuck on the insides of the left driver and keeps bothering me by buzzing during loud listening sessions. Thanks for all the details on how to open those cans up, i will try my luck a bit later after i gather some courage.
Good video. I have an old pair of HD545 Reference cans and they are the same construction. Replacement ear cups on ebay are said to contain memory foam which should last longer and feel more comfortable (thanks NASA).
8:20 i don't know why, but this crack me up. maybe because i did too much of these sort of things, that when i trying to fixing something it always make things worse 😂
Thanks for the video. I have an old pair of 580s. The sound used to cut out if the lead wiggled where it connects to the the headphone. Sounds like a possible worn spring! Where around the world can you buy trusted springs that will fit and work, please? Same question for headband padding and ear pads?
2:47 Pls, can somebody tell me how "this material" is named and what it does? And is it connecter electrically or magnetically or with air pressure, to the driver?
well in the process of pulling out the driver i used a bit to much force, it came out cleanly, but it twisted in my hand and my thumb caved most of the driver in.... got it looking someone normal but there a few small dimples that didnt smooth back out like a gentle cave in might. honestly though, sounds the same. maybe better without all the small hairs and dust that i cleaned
for me cleaning the pins of the headphone cable fixed the bad connection! i looked at them under the microscope and there where black spots. after cleaning them, everything worked perfectly again
After checking the springs, making contact with them from the inside with the plugs in both drivers, etc... I see no broken connections, I moved the wires around in both to check that they're secured. One driver just puts out nothing. The other easily puts sound out with light contact anywhere on the springs or rods. I also get feedback if I check continuity on the rods on the reverse side on the working driver, but nothing on the bad one. I'm fixing these for a friend. Seems pretty certain he'll need a new driver. Any clue where I can get one?
Cheers. Just done all of this on my pair and there's nothing wrong with the way the connectors are contacting the springs. The thinner-than-a-human-hair red wire is all where it should be too, it must be the cable.
Found this video hoping I could fix my driver and sadly I couldn't fix it. What sucks, the only place I can find a new driver online is a store in the UK. It sucks that Sennheiser as we know it is no more or else I would try to go through them.
HD580 Precision lost right channel. Hoped it was the spring assembly, as demonstrated here, but find that the fine wire to the driver is broken where is enters the well. Looks like the pin can be pushed out. Has anyone succeeded in reinserting the fine driver wire or adding to it and soldering to the pin well?
In your opinion, is there a significant difference in the construction of the 600s and the 650s? I ask because they seem to be basically the same thing.
I got a used pair of HD600's for a low price, and it seems like the right side is failing. When I move the little red connector or push it in a bit, the sound something pops and goes a bit silent, like it's losing connection. It's a solid connection with the cable pulled out a little bit. Seems like I'll have to replace the springs too. It's an old version of the HD600 too, with black screen around drivers instead of silver.
I wonder if someone did a 3.5 connector mod on them because, in theory, you can solder wiring from the legs of the spring (There also seem to be contacts on the outside 2:08 ??) really crappy system with the springs
of fuk i gotta do this apparently on my hd650's left channel cutting off, but im curious here its 2nd time 1st went on warranty. But again its the left channel, dafuq is with the left channel on hd650's?
The right side of my hd650 isn't working anymore. Already tried tightening up the springs and it doesn't made any difference, the red cable seems to be intact too, any thoughts on what it can be?
Thanks for this video, very informative. Unfortunately one of the hairline wires broke. (it's so tiny I actually can't find it!!) Have you an solutions for fixing/replacing one of these wires, or do you have any ideas where I could acquire an R-sided driver for the Sennheiser HD 580 headphones? Thanks.
Yikes, I was able to disassemble my HD650s, but when I held the spring with my needle nose pliers, it bounced away, never to be found! I can't believe Sennheiser used such a fragile connection to make these. I'm not sure I have it in me to order new springs and try again. Too bad, these were my favorite headphones.
To me the obvious questions is... Can one upgrade, for example, from a 660 driver to a 660S2 driver? (assuming the baffle area in which the drivers are installed are the same size) UPDATE: research indicates that NO, the drivers are not transferable.
So where does one order replacement springs? Since Sennheiser itself has no parts for these old headphones in 2017 anymore... do we ebay from China parts and are they good ?
Bought a pair online with audio on one side. Opened, reseated the left spring and now they're fully operational.
Thank you!
Excellent! Had no idea that's how it's fixed. You saved me from getting new headphones AND when I called Sennheiser about the springs they sent them to me at NO CHARGE! Shipped free. Thank you Sennheiser and thank YOU InnerFidelity! Great video, great up close shots. Literally took me 10 minutes to replace...course I had to put a pair of +250 over a pair of +250 glasses to see those hair thin wires but your tutorial was spot on. Thanks for taking the time to share this!
I'm working with a disassembled HD700 that sucked a screw into the rear of the driver tonight, your suggestion to suck on the thin plastic of the driver to bring it back to shape saved me, thank you.
I used this guide to figure out why one side of my Sennheiser HD 58X Jubilee headphones weren't working. Turns out the spring had popped out and was no longer making contact with the two-pronged connectors. Used some tweezers to click it back in, and everything's working now.
Thanks for the disassembly / explanation video.
thank you SO MUCH, the buzzing sound has been driving me crazy for more than a year and following your tutorial reveal a tiny hair on the driver, carefully removed it and it now works again, you just made my day
8:03 Nervous fart
Aahahahah 😂
=)))))))))))))))
looool
OMG another "release" at 4:23 LMFAO....fart spidey sense activated..... does not distract from the quality content
I like how you kept the slip-ups in. I think if you edited it to be smooth-sailing procedure, people'd be more prone to slipping up, themselves. They'd take for granted, that _it'll just work out like yours did._
YES! I was able to fix my HD600's without replacing the spring, just needed to lightly move the over a bit. Thanks for this video!
I have an old pair of 650s which I LOVE.....the spring had dislodged and your video helped fix it......Gracias!!!
These headphones are goddamn tough i can tell you. must have dropped them more than a 100 times (i"m pretty clumsy). Also tripped allot over the cable which resulted in some high speed collision with the floor and janking the jack out of my audiointerface.
And god how many times i've driven over the cables with my wheelchair... you really don't wanna know... I also go to sleep allot with them on, and they never got bend or cracked or anything like that.
It's really a fucking miracle they're still working like a charm and looking good !! (except for the greasy looking disfigured infected ear cushions i never bothered to replace... I'm pretty sure it repels people away from wanting to wear my headphones.....which is a good thing)
yep the ear pads must have their own eco system at that point.
Absolute saviour, I didn't have to replace my spring, just reseat it. Thank you for this video!
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Great video, thank you! I've got two tips. Not sure if they'd work, but I think it's worth a shot:
1. At 7:30 : I think if you take a very thin string and push it carefully through a hole in the spring, then you tie that string down somewhere, then the little spring can't accidentally jump anywhere. So you'll never lose it. Maybe twist the other end around your pinky finger a couple of times. After you've inserted the spring, you can just untie the string at its other end and pull it through the spring. I wouldn't recommend using dental floss, it could leave a mark.
2. 8:56 Instead of pliers, I'd use two long, thin needles. You'd use the two needles just like the pliers. First, you'd squeeze the spring, like you do with the pliers in your left hand. Except with the pliers, you can use one hand, but with the needles, you'd use both hands. You'd then keep them in the squeezed position using your left hand only (like you do in the video). Then, you'd take another pliers in your right hand, and repeat what you've done in the video.
Thanks again for the awesome video!
This worked. A few suggestions:
1. Set up good light and use a magnifier headset that puts a lens over each eye (so you have 3D vision).
2. Tape the driver down to the table. Place it a good distance away from the edge of the table in case the spring gets away from you.
3. What worked best for me was to compress the spring with a pair of tweezers (as in the video) and move it down into the well, The tweezers will prevent the spring from entering the well, so use the needle nose pliers to push it out of the tweezers' jaws, into the well.
4. The springs are magnetic, so you can use a strong magnet to hold them until you're ready to place them.
5. Be careful. As you can see from the comments, it is easy to break one of those tiny wires, to dent the driver, or to lose the spring.
And Sennheiser sent me a set of springs. Thank you, Senn!
Not really. Just follow the suggestions.
Step 1: disassemble headphones
Step 2: fiddle around with tweezers, try to change spring, ruin the diaphragm
Step 3: order new driver from Sennheiser
Step 4: Realize that you blew your weekly heroin allowance on a a goof....
I f'ed my diaphram independently, so sad. It was so dumb what I did I cannot even explain. Pro tip, if you accidentally push in the bubble, you can reinflate the bubble from the back by blowing gently with your mouth. DO NOT USE COMPRESSED AIR AS IT WILL DESTROY THE DIAPHRAM :((((
So was the diaphragm destroyed or no?
@@TopGunMan you can use compressed air to inflate the dome, just don't blow it too close.
and if you got wrinkle on ridge just like i did on last night, you can use sticky foam tape to carefully stick it to wrinkle, wait for 30 about 30 seconds, and pull up the wrinkle to rid of it.
that is only way that has actually worked. other method always make the wrinkle worse.
pro tip: just do not clean up driver ever.
because it was necessary to work with a plastic or at least any non-magnetic metall tool
Many thanks, you explain things in a really good way, and show it well. It's easy to understand for someone who knows a bit about computers but is far from being into all the details of repairing electronics. Thank you very much
Thank you! I was able to remove hair and grossness stuck between the casing and driver of my HD650 and restore them to great working order thanks to this tutorial.
This saved me a lot of time and headache. I got my HD 650s fixed up in just a few minutes. Thanks!
I thought I'd totally knackered the connector on one of the ears, but thanks to this video I fixed in in less than five minutes! Thanks for saving me a lot of hassle/cash.
Best video ever, fixed the cone by sucking it softly and putting the cone back softly on both drivers
I always found it funny how people change cables in the HD600/650 to different materials/ different thickness, and priced at more than the headphone itself, when in fact, that outside cable will always contact the drivers voice coil trough that hair-like tiny piece of wire.
Basic physics: resistance is affected not only by the thickness of the wire but also by its length. The driver's wire has to be thin so as not to add to the weight of the diaphragm, i.e. to allow it to reproduce the higher frequencies. It does have resistance but this is why it's kept very short. The external cable is very long, which means resistance can only be reduced by increasing the thickness of the wire. Also, it requires very good insulation to mitigate cross-talk between the left-right channels. Better cables deliver better sound.
@@ntsarb I tried the thicker HD650 cable on my 600's and it sounded exactly the same.
@@ntsarb if a cable is working properly, the sound will not be improved by using a “better” cable. As the Video shows, the internal gauge of wire used is minuscule. A braided silver or copper cable will not alter the output electrical signal in anyway, unless defective.
Happy to stumble upon this video. My HD 58x Jubilees decided to lose sound on right side after 6 years of use. Just had to pop off the frame and the driver just fell in my hands. Put the springs back home and we have sound again.
Thank you very much for this great vid, my hd 580's are back in wonderful sounding condition. here's to another 15 years of enjoyment.
Are they still going?
Thanks for the video. Little tip for the low budget type, of if you're in a situation: You can solder a tiny bit on the tips of the connectors, if the springs are worn and makes for audio dropouts. That way, you don't have to exchange the springs.
It's absolutely amazing how you know how to do this.
The left driver of my HD650 was suddenly extremely quiet... Following the instructions here to disassemble, and then sucking on the cone and pushing it back in slightly was able to reseat the coil into the proper location... Reassemble, and it's fixed!
Thanks!
Excellent vid! I have been able to fix a problem where one channel was louder than the other. I disassembled both sides to realize that one driver assembly was out of his socket, and un aligned, giving the impression that the sound was weaker. Now fixed! Thanks :)
thank you so much!
the bass range on my HD6XX was rattling like crazy, disambled the headphones and noticed the driver membrane on one of the speakers was "pushed in", took some tape and was quickly able to fix it
Really thankful that you made that mistake and bashed in your driver with those plyers and talked how you could kinda suck it back. Typically if I get rattling in mine I try to clean it with a q tip and that usually works but was out of those so I tried a pipe cleaner and stabbed a little dimple in which really affected the sound and thought I was screwed but sucking it out took the crackle away and my 58X is working great again.
Thank you! Very helpful for fixing the dodgy connection on my HD650s - good as new now.
Tyll, a perfect video as usual!
The voice coil lead wires are every bit as fragile as Tyll says... Look at them funny and they'll break.
In cleaning my drivers due to at least a half decade of hair accumulation, I broke the first one I tried. I just barely touched it with a screwdriver, which I was using to clean the crevice between the diaphragm edge and the plastic housing.
Thankfully, Sennheiser's flat rate repair is $136 in the USA and covers shipping both ways. Mine will be on their way tomorrow. Cheaper than new drivers from them!
That helped me with my old HD 265....Thank you so much!!!
You absolute legend ! A million thanks ! I had a shitty massdrop cable snap one of the prongs inside my HD600's .... your video saved me !
thank you, you just saved my money and mental health
Thank you very much for your instructions. I'm certain I would have been able to muscle the things apart, but it would have been at a price of god knows how many broken clips and angst as I superglued it all back together again. You have done a mitzvah.
THANK YOU! Almost bought cheap ($100 for HD650), highly used, seemingly OK headphones with broken material on baffle plate assembly (seems like it was the earliest version).
This works for the 650's too. Thank you!
THANK YOU for this, it was exactly what I needed (FYI, Sennheiser tech support is sending folks here for "how-to," and deservedly so!)
Sennheiser parts dept. The telephone number is at the bottom of the article on InnerFidelity
"Woaho! I've just destroyed that one"
This video is super helpful, especially the commentary. I was able to fix mine!
thanks. cool video. I have a pair of HD 580 that I have used nearly every day since 2000. the pads have totally disintegrated. this video will help me to put the new pads on.
Thanks. Got at least a temporary fix by bending the springs back into shape. It's worth noting that the wires from the driver often drape over the arms on the ends of the springs, and messing with the springs can make the arms rotate up and snag the wires.
superb tutorial about how to get the HD 600s to bits. my problem is something else (some rattle/resonance inside a lollipop) but now feel confient to order the spare from sennheiser and change it myself rather than have to post off the entire headphones for "service" ;-)
awesome I had a loose connection on the right coil, but the spring was fine, the tiny red wire was coming out. I using a super fine jewelers bit to push it back in and it's fixed, for now.
Interesting, I came into possession of a pair of HD 580, and with this video I can kinda see the history of my headphone. The person who owned it used it a ton, the drivers look like they are from the older models but he replaced the springs. the headband pad was replaced a few times, he even replaced the made in ireland plastic tabs with newer ones since the headband shows signs of being opened multiple times but the plastic tabs look new. The ear pads are newer also but not stock, looks like an extra expense for me in the future. The diaphragm is also of the older , blacked out version. What I found interesting was the replaced spring since that either he had to fix the spring issue himself or was sent in for repair at least once so far, talk about a long lasting can. Sounds just fine and there is no damage on the driver.
I'm personally thinking about getting the HD 650 headband and housing (since they do look good) and maybe a pair of drivers from a HD 600 for back ups in case these drivers ever do go bad.
The replacement part is out of stock. I ended up applying force on the existing springs with pliers and testing if that did the trick and it did! Now fully back in working order. My HD600 has the original silver springs and black/grey cloth.. not sure if that makes any difference but just a heads up. I also own a pair of HD650 which still work fine but they might end up getting the same treatment when they start losing connection too. ( they already have some play ) replacement is ideal but this seems to work too. :) Thanks for the video it really helped me out big time!
My heart just STOP when u damage that driver....
This was just what I needed. Thanks!
I got a piece of hair stuck on the insides of the left driver and keeps bothering me by buzzing during loud listening sessions. Thanks for all the details on how to open those cans up, i will try my luck a bit later after i gather some courage.
13:24 There was a hair on the foam. When you flipped it, it must've gotten right over the driver...
sad
Good video. I have an old pair of HD545 Reference cans and they are the same construction. Replacement ear cups on ebay are said to contain memory foam which should last longer and feel more comfortable (thanks NASA).
8:20
i don't know why, but this crack me up. maybe because i did too much of these sort of things, that when i trying to fixing something it always make things worse 😂
THX. Just massage/adjusting the sping whitout removing it did the trick for me ^^
Thanks! Really clear and useful, because I already bend grid little bit 🤷♂
8:19 ... you should send your headphones... to dustbin
You're great, man! Thanks to you I've just fixed my headphones :)
Hi bro i just wanna ask, is it same cable on HD 7? because in my country is very difficult to find legit spare part . thanks btw.
Thanks for the video. I have an old pair of 580s. The sound used to cut out if the lead wiggled where it connects to the the headphone. Sounds like a possible worn spring!
Where around the world can you buy trusted springs that will fit and work, please? Same question for headband padding and ear pads?
2:47 Pls, can somebody tell me how "this material" is named and what it does? And is it connecter electrically or magnetically or with air pressure, to the driver?
Hi, Great video..!! Where do you get the replacement springs..??
Thanks, Cheers...
Very helpful and well explained. Thanks for doing this.
Great video, thanks! I used a spoon to take everything apart. IMO, using a small screw driver for the driver can put nicks in it.
8:02 did you just FART? I've been farting all evening, jesus the smell is to die from.
+spatnaspolecnost I think he was about to drool on the table so he swallowed back up
well in the process of pulling out the driver i used a bit to much force, it came out cleanly, but it twisted in my hand and my thumb caved most of the driver in.... got it looking someone normal but there a few small dimples that didnt smooth back out like a gentle cave in might. honestly though, sounds the same. maybe better without all the small hairs and dust that i cleaned
Very useful and informative, thank you!
for me cleaning the pins of the headphone cable fixed the bad connection! i looked at them under the microscope and there where black spots. after cleaning them, everything worked perfectly again
After checking the springs, making contact with them from the inside with the plugs in both drivers, etc... I see no broken connections, I moved the wires around in both to check that they're secured. One driver just puts out nothing. The other easily puts sound out with light contact anywhere on the springs or rods. I also get feedback if I check continuity on the rods on the reverse side on the working driver, but nothing on the bad one. I'm fixing these for a friend. Seems pretty certain he'll need a new driver. Any clue where I can get one?
My heart jumped when that driver got destroyed... I too, have experienced that pain unfortunately
Cheers. Just done all of this on my pair and there's nothing wrong with the way the connectors are contacting the springs. The thinner-than-a-human-hair red wire is all where it should be too, it must be the cable.
Found this video hoping I could fix my driver and sadly I couldn't fix it. What sucks, the only place I can find a new driver online is a store in the UK. It sucks that Sennheiser as we know it is no more or else I would try to go through them.
HD580 Precision lost right channel. Hoped it was the spring assembly, as demonstrated here, but find that the fine wire to the driver is broken where is enters the well. Looks like the pin can be pushed out. Has anyone succeeded in reinserting the fine driver wire or adding to it and soldering to the pin well?
In your opinion, is there a significant difference in the construction of the 600s and the 650s? I ask because they seem to be basically the same thing.
Great video. I'm wondering where you get the replacement springs?
The material behind the padding doesn't change, the early model HD580 and 600 have blak fencing, and the later ones have silver fencing.
Wil it also sound wrong if you insert (one of the) the connectors in the wrong way?
thanks, very helpful
I got a used pair of HD600's for a low price, and it seems like the right side is failing. When I move the little red connector or push it in a bit, the sound something pops and goes a bit silent, like it's losing connection. It's a solid connection with the cable pulled out a little bit. Seems like I'll have to replace the springs too. It's an old version of the HD600 too, with black screen around drivers instead of silver.
Where can I buy a pair of new golden springs? Thanks
fantastic video! got the hair out of my driver! drum n bass time!
I wonder if someone did a 3.5 connector mod on them because, in theory, you can solder wiring from the legs of the spring (There also seem to be contacts on the outside 2:08 ??) really crappy system with the springs
I just bought a used hd650. Should there be a click when the connector is inserted? Mine just feels like a really tight press fit
Is there a way to further seperate just the metal part of grill from its housing? Thanks.
of fuk i gotta do this apparently on my hd650's left channel cutting off, but im curious here its 2nd time 1st went on warranty. But again its the left channel, dafuq is with the left channel on hd650's?
Very informative! Thank you for uploading this video! May I ask you where did you get the replacement springs?
this was very helpful, thank you
The right side of my hd650 isn't working anymore. Already tried tightening up the springs and it doesn't made any difference, the red cable seems to be intact too, any thoughts on what it can be?
@Fred Windberg did you ever find a place that will sell you replacement springs?
InnerFidelity, thanks for the tutorial! Please help me. Where can I find those springs? I have the same gap problem
really helpful!
Thanks for this video, very informative. Unfortunately one of the hairline wires broke. (it's so tiny I actually can't find it!!) Have you an solutions for fixing/replacing one of these wires, or do you have any ideas where I could acquire an R-sided driver for the Sennheiser HD 580 headphones? Thanks.
Have you found any solutions?
Yikes, I was able to disassemble my HD650s, but when I held the spring with my needle nose pliers, it bounced away, never to be found! I can't believe Sennheiser used such a fragile connection to make these. I'm not sure I have it in me to order new springs and try again. Too bad, these were my favorite headphones.
To me the obvious questions is... Can one upgrade, for example, from a 660 driver to a 660S2 driver? (assuming the baffle area in which the drivers are installed are the same size) UPDATE: research indicates that NO, the drivers are not transferable.
Thank you , it helped me.
Are the drivers glued into that plastic housing?
Anyone have an idea where to buy contact springs? I can't find them in stock anywhere
Big thank you!
Missed your vids.
Thanks for sharing. Do you know whether the HD 535 is similar to these headphones? Where can I get the spring for these?
So where does one order replacement springs? Since Sennheiser itself has no parts for these old headphones in 2017 anymore... do we ebay from China parts and are they good ?
Minok1217 Just solder them