I got an idea, but......

[beachguy777]

I'm not sure if it's too "hairbrain" or not. This is partly an excuse to say that my Koss headphones have a short in them right where the cord meets the headphone, and I'm still leary of trying to take them apart to try and fix it. Last time I did that with a pair of phones, I never could get em back together. Open to ideas? Now, here's the hairbrain idea: I remember reading something by Charles Garrett about picking up the really faint sounds on the outer edges of the audio, so to speak, and I got to thinking, gee, what if you were to boost the audio with a small booster amp or something like that that you could carry with you in order to hear those really faint signals better. The only problem is, and please hear me good on this part. DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME FOLKS UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF AUDIO LIMITER, THAT WORKS REALLY QUICK, OR YOU AND I COULD BLOW OUR EARDRUMS OUT IF THE COIL ALSO PASSES OVER A LOUDER TARGET. I hope you get my drift here, because it really could happen. I've taken classes on audio recording and been around it all my life, and from what I've read, just one super loud burst of sound, and especially at that close of distance to your ear drum, could perminatly damage your hearing. I had a friend of mine do that when he walked past a loudspeaker one time when it was too loud. He lost part of the hearing in that ear, so in lieu of all that, maybe I ought to s__tcan that idea. Just a crazy thought, but very risky. Besides all that, this "bad boy", (the Quatro, I mean), goes so deep we probably don't even need any audio booster. Where's my darn backhoe Martha, I think I found something with my detector.?:|:O by the way: Thanks for being patient with me again. I'll be a good boy and go to my room now, I promise.:|

 

[Wisconsin Pete]

I've gone through 2 pairs of Koss headphones over the past 3yrs and now my other pair of KOSS headphones are starting to short out at the connector also:angry:

 

[beachguy777]

Well, boy, I'm pretty bummed to Pete.I just hope I can fix the darn things. They look pretty scary to pull apart, all the snap together stuff and all that. I figured I'd take a serious look at them tomorrow, and try and make a decision whether it's worth the risk or not. I'll get back to you here and let you know what I find out, if anything. I'm wondering if Koss could even fix them?, or whether they just replace them, probably at a huge fee. Feelin' so sad, Beach Guy.

 

[beachguy777]

I know what these other guys are gonna tell us; go buy a pair of Grey Ghosts, and you know I'd love to do that, but I just don't have the bucks right now. Maybe later on.:|

 

[Golden]

my Koss (UR30) headphoes have been with me for nearly 2 years, and had no problems with it. In fact, most people I know into detecting are buying them, for comfort as well as reliability. Maybe, it the batch you guys bought into that might be bad. Sometimes products on a production line don't get tested, and are let through for sale by lazy individuals. Anyway, hope you all sort that one out! I never heard of Grey Ghosts. What's the difference between this brand and the Koss? Wonder if we have them here in Australia?
Golden:|

 

[beachguy777]

I may be wrong on that Grey Ghost deal, but I thought I read about them earlier on the forum. Seemed like a lot of people liked them, and Yea, what a pain on these Koss "bad boys". I'm gonna take a serious look at them soon and may pull em apart to see if I can't put a new cord on. They really are nice phones, very comfortable and keep things quiet. I'd hate to lose them to a Marc Trainor discection job that doesn't work because I can't get em back together right. I'll let everyone know if I try it what happens.:|