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The following fixes are easy to do. You don't have to do any wiring or anything complicated. This first fix should only take about 10 minutes:
Fix 1. Covering up the speaker mounting plate holes.
You will need scissors and black plastic electrical tape. Work on one headphone cup at a time:
1. Remove the ear pad by reaching in between the black plastic grid and ear pad and popping it out.
2. Remove the plastic grid.
3. Cover all the small holes on the speaker mounting plate with strips of electrical tape. The sound can still exit the speaker around the edge of the speaker mount. Trim off the excess tape.
4. Replace the speaker and the plastic grid.
5. Replace the ear pad by pressing it in place and working around the rim until it snaps into place.
6. Repeat with the other cup.
If the tone volume is too low, remove the tape from a few holes and try again until you are happy with the sound level.
If the volume is still too loud for you, remove the tape from the speaker mounting holes and try this next fix. It should take about 20 minutes.
Fix 2. Making baffles.
You need: scissors, a piece of thin, stiff cardboard (like the back of a note pad), and a small nail or brad. Work on one headphone cup at a time:
1. Remove the ear pad.
2. Remove the plastic grid and use it as a template to cut out four oval shaped, cardboard baffles.
3. In two baffles, cut a round hole in the center of the oval, with a diameter slightly smaller than the speaker.
4. In the two baffles without the speaker hole, use a small nail to punch two small holes in the center of each one.
5. Make a set of baffles, one with the speaker hole, and one with two small punched holes. The idea is to create a small chamber over the speaker with the baffle that has the speaker sized hole, to let the sound get to the second baffle with the two small holes.
6. Put the first set of baffles between the speaker and plastic grid, speaker hole facing the speaker, small holes facing your ear.
7. Replace the ear pad.
6. Install the second set in the other cup.
8. Try them out with the loudest target tone. If the volume is too low, punch two more small holes in each baffle with the small holes.
9. Continue making holes until each ear is comfortable with the loud target tone. You can customize the loudness of the phones to your own ears.
The sound can only get to your ears through the small holes. The more holes, the louder it sounds. You can use a black marker to color the baffles black, to make them look better..
Coil Cords
For those of you that prefer a lighter cord, Radio Shack also has a smaller guitar cord, (12 feet instead of 15 feet). It is part # 42-978 and costs $6.29 U.S.
Hope these simple fixes work for you. Many thanks to all of you for your help.
Good Luck and Good Hunting
fod
Fix 1. Covering up the speaker mounting plate holes.
You will need scissors and black plastic electrical tape. Work on one headphone cup at a time:
1. Remove the ear pad by reaching in between the black plastic grid and ear pad and popping it out.
2. Remove the plastic grid.
3. Cover all the small holes on the speaker mounting plate with strips of electrical tape. The sound can still exit the speaker around the edge of the speaker mount. Trim off the excess tape.
4. Replace the speaker and the plastic grid.
5. Replace the ear pad by pressing it in place and working around the rim until it snaps into place.
6. Repeat with the other cup.
If the tone volume is too low, remove the tape from a few holes and try again until you are happy with the sound level.
If the volume is still too loud for you, remove the tape from the speaker mounting holes and try this next fix. It should take about 20 minutes.
Fix 2. Making baffles.
You need: scissors, a piece of thin, stiff cardboard (like the back of a note pad), and a small nail or brad. Work on one headphone cup at a time:
1. Remove the ear pad.
2. Remove the plastic grid and use it as a template to cut out four oval shaped, cardboard baffles.
3. In two baffles, cut a round hole in the center of the oval, with a diameter slightly smaller than the speaker.
4. In the two baffles without the speaker hole, use a small nail to punch two small holes in the center of each one.
5. Make a set of baffles, one with the speaker hole, and one with two small punched holes. The idea is to create a small chamber over the speaker with the baffle that has the speaker sized hole, to let the sound get to the second baffle with the two small holes.
6. Put the first set of baffles between the speaker and plastic grid, speaker hole facing the speaker, small holes facing your ear.
7. Replace the ear pad.
6. Install the second set in the other cup.
8. Try them out with the loudest target tone. If the volume is too low, punch two more small holes in each baffle with the small holes.
9. Continue making holes until each ear is comfortable with the loud target tone. You can customize the loudness of the phones to your own ears.
The sound can only get to your ears through the small holes. The more holes, the louder it sounds. You can use a black marker to color the baffles black, to make them look better..
Coil Cords
For those of you that prefer a lighter cord, Radio Shack also has a smaller guitar cord, (12 feet instead of 15 feet). It is part # 42-978 and costs $6.29 U.S.
Hope these simple fixes work for you. Many thanks to all of you for your help.
Good Luck and Good Hunting
fod