Looking at the pictures the soldering looks like a 5 year old did it. Are these prone to solder failures ?
2045941
Havent had any problems, but with any pair of shure, u can send them back to the factory if broken and they will always replace for free
2045942
My review was directed to the feature functionality for this product and is . Regarding if are these prone to solder failure I couldn't say but that some of the musicians I have played with have used this same model for over 4 or 5 years without need of replace them and have liked it overall.
2045943
the cables are plugged in the phones, so dont matter how much you force you put in it, you will never mess with the soldering.
2045944
YES! The soldering on mine had broken twice with regular use. The sound quality on these are great but they absolutely suck un terms of design. Ive had 4 pairs break. you cant run with these and you cant use them in the cold. DO NOT BUY
2045945
No problems here so far. I've been using them for rehearsals a lot lately, and I've yet to have an issue with them.
2045946
They're not very confidence inspiring but nothing should ever touch them under normal conditions. I've had no issues with mine.
2045947
the headphones look and feel very solid, have not missed anything, are comfortable when they get used to them, they sound good and I recommend it.
2085899
If I understand your question correctly, the pads were copper colored. They did seem to have a film over them, but I did not have a problem soldering to them. The product I received looked very close to the picture posted by S. Conway (with 4 contacts). The pictures showing the two contact pads are incorrect. The crimp on connectors work very poorly due to this coating.
1728098
Thank you for quick answer. Also a second question, would this solder be good for long uses? And where would be a good site to look up, and learn the proper care for these tools?
1334227
yes you need to solder leads on it which is very easy to do. Great little motor.
592216
Had that happen to me within about 2 months, luckily none of the plastic chips completely broke out, just some minor cracking, so my suggestion to anybody who buys these, do what i did and wrap some nice matte electric tape around the joint tightly, i say matte because it doesnt look that bad, and 2 years later it still works just as well as the day i bought, no mechanical failures from that piece again, but then again, i do take care of it to a certain degree (no slammin on the desk top cause you got killed 8 times in a row by the SAME KID)
1181407
if you desolder you can probably get two maybe three times then it will start to wear out....i recommend getting ahold of a practice board and some non zinc solder its a lot less messy
2033809
It looks extremely similar. Definitely make sure you have someone who knows how to solder. Don't just wing it, but I would say 99% yes as long as the problem you have is clicking without turning on.
969569
I think all the batteries are basically the same. However, I would be prepared to do some soldering to get them connected.
758201
The real issue is that there isn't a very good way to tell until you do a little bit of work. First, are there blown capacitors? If so, what size are they. They will give a number on the side. Once you know that, you can go up in size and be fine (which is actually good if you have this particular issue with them blowing) If that's the case, and you're getting a ticking sound and the display won't come on then I'd say go for it. As long as you can solder or have someone handy who can. It is not something you just try to go and do.
144446
No. Watch a few youtube videos. If you know how to solder it isn't too complicated.
2026197
No I purchased cheap solder tool at amazon and I had some difficulty to do it precisely. I just have experience at elementary school. Just one hour but I liked it and just tried in old memory. You should like it because a lot of concentration and patient. Kit has just one size but mine had 15 was broken. I ordered other size at eBay too. See YouTube samples must
790698
I haven't taken it apart yet. They are most likely hardwired/soldered to the display unit. Unless it is a small dual conductor plug & socket internal. I will be doing the same though to lengthen the cords. But I can tell you from my experience, that you would most certainly be able to lengthen the cable either way. It seems to be a quality unit overall aside from the shorter cables. Either by splicing or by replacing the the wire entirely and resoldering to the circuit card & probe. If I had to guess, I'd say its a 18 gauge coaxial cable. To prevent any signal degradation though, resoldering a new cable would be best. If done properly though a splice would work just fine. You would have to match conductor material & splice material (I.e. good solder, proper methods with flux etc. , butt splice or lap splice made of similar materials etc.). If you have a digital multimeter just redo the splice until you have less or at least match the resistance that it had originally. Also when you alter the wire length, you have to keep in mind that voltage drops over long distances. So it can't be too long, since its a small battery. Hope I helped. Good luck :0)
558402
Can't answer your question, but they really should be soldered to be dependable. Find cheaper sets like this one and use just what you need... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&vxp;=mtr&item;=321276224408
2264341
Simple single-sided soldering is required. I let my 12yr.old grandson tackle the project after letting him practice on an old P/C board (soldering techniques ) . He's about the age when I learned to solder 45 yrs. ago. It definitely helps to be the techie type.
1253982
I'd rather them NOT be RoHS compliant. The components would be more reliable, robust, and less likely to cause problems. RoHS compliant solder takes more heat to liquify during assembly and is known to cause "tin whiskers" after a few years, meaning it no worky anymore...
1417206
There are prongs but they are not very strong. I soldered the contacts and the Gizmo is now working just fine.
1619791
I would Solder them . Better connect the cut and twist method . I have six strips tied together