Weird Problem - Its just getting ridiclious now

You say that you've had this with several devices, but is there any single device that you've used them all with? Another theory is that one of them has a fault on the left channel which gives a dc offset, resulting in a constant current flowing through the earphone, heating it up and causing it to fail early.
 
It must somehow be you if really ever single pair has broken in the left earpiece. It must be either the way you sit while wearing them (perhaps causing a strain on the left earpiece9) or as mentioned above the way you wrap them up when you store them.

Put them on and try and act as natural as possible, then look at how they are and how you are wearing them, look for anything that might put strain on the left earpiece connector...
 
wonko said:
You say that you've had this with several devices, but is there any single device that you've used them all with? Another theory is that one of them has a fault on the left channel which gives a dc offset, resulting in a constant current flowing through the earphone, heating it up and causing it to fail early.
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That's possible.
 
Do you ever use them in the Gym? or in the bathroom? I had the same problem as you and when I stopped using them in the bath and stuff then they stopped breaking... Might just be a coincidence though :)
 
Do you have a brother or roommate? maybe a mad girlfriend who thinks you spend too much time listening to music? Or your mom who thinks you listen to the wrong kind of music. try stashing your headphones in a place only you know where they are then if if happens again, you know that you have a split personality.

Maybe you have overactive earwax gland in left ear, ewe. Don't you swab?
 
Ninja Please! said:
Do you have a brother or roommate? maybe a mad girlfriend who thinks you spend too much time listening to music? Or your mom who thinks you listen to the wrong kind of music. try stashing your headphones in a place only you know where they are then if if happens again, you know that you have a split personality.

Maybe you have overactive earwax gland in left ear, ewe. Don't you swab?
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doubt that - plus they sometimes seem to go slowly quieter
 
UPDATE: I did what you said and wore the last working headphone in the left ear -NOTE: (this was the right headphone)

guess what happened to it???????????

It Broke.
 
I still wonder if a DC offset fault might be a possibility. If you've got a digital multimeter you could chop the buds off one of your (many) dead sets of earphones, strip the insulation back and measure dc voltage output for both left and right channels (making sure not to make a short circuit) for all your mp3 players in turn. It should show close to zero across all volume settings - if the left channel shows a dc voltage significantly higher than the right you might have found the cause. Or proven it isn't the cause!
 
Must be something to do with the cable, surely?

Only thing I can think of is have someone else use the next set of headphones and see if they break.
 
wonko said:
I still wonder if a DC offset fault might be a possibility. If you've got a digital multimeter you could chop the buds off one of your (many) dead sets of earphones, strip the insulation back and measure dc voltage output for both left and right channels (making sure not to make a short circuit) for all your mp3 players in turn. It should show close to zero across all volume settings - if the left channel shows a dc voltage significantly higher than the right you might have found the cause. Or proven it isn't the cause!
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He's already tried switching the right headphone to the left ear and it broke, so it's not a difference between the right and left buds
 
Fair enough, but some of the faults could be unrelated from whatever is causing the general theme. The latest failure on the right channel (in left ear) might just be bad luck.
Alternatively, maybe the OP holds a mobile phone held against the left ear, or puts the his left side of his head in a microwave ? :D
 
Do you unplug/plug your headphones regulary? That could cause it, i've had a similar problem to you, seems to be consecutive when you unplug the earphones often.
 
I do nothing out of the ordinary - when i was walking down the street the other day - listening to just the right one in left ear - it SUDDENLY died for no reason what so ever!

it cant be anything thing that i'm doing?

im so carefull with headphones now a days!

+ this is no joke! its rly annoyin!!
 
wonko said:
I still wonder if a DC offset fault might be a possibility. If you've got a digital multimeter you could chop the buds off one of your (many) dead sets of earphones, strip the insulation back and measure dc voltage output for both left and right channels (making sure not to make a short circuit) for all your mp3 players in turn. It should show close to zero across all volume settings - if the left channel shows a dc voltage significantly higher than the right you might have found the cause. Or proven it isn't the cause!
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might try that when i get some free time on my hands
 
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