THANK YOU. I've had a pair of these sitting in storage for probably 5 years now with one ear broken and got no help from AKG but thanks to this video I was able to just get inside really easily and find that one yellow wire was broken. Was about to finally bin them. 🙏🙏🙏

Isn't the internet wonderful. AKG702s failed yesterday after three years of daily studio use. Searched for a repair method and found this video today. Repair took 10 minutes with a piece of stripped microphone cable (thin, multistrand and even red!). Thanks for posting this. Robert @ URHQ

You have 17,000 views now and I’m sure everyone else is here for the same reason I am… thx for making this video these are my reference for balancing low end in the mix 👍👍👍 super helpful

hey! I've had mine for 3-4 years now. since a few weeks the left ear has been cutting off or quieter. I changed the cable, removed the earcuffs to clean them, nothing, then found your video. The soldering joints on mine are wrapped in heat-shrink stuff, which made me unable to check them, but is also likely a good design change to fix that particular issue! there was some dust on the inside end of the mini-XLR port, I cleaned it, and it seems to all work fine now. maybe it was bridging the connections or something. whatever, I think it's good, and good to see they also updated their design to fix the de-soldering issue!

Just ran into this myself after a year of use, seriously disappointed with an otherwise amazing bit of kit! Many thanks for this mate, waiting for my new solder kit to arrive.

Man I had these sitting in a bag in my closet for almost 6 years. I opened up the right side and the red wire was disconnected. I don't have a soldering gun so I just took some more wire and "braided/wrapped" it in back to the solder point. It freaking works! Thanks so much.

Same issue. This worked. While it was in warranty, I had been sending my K701 in for warranty repair, but this was the first time fixing it myself. The warranty repair shop had glued the white wire to the housing, possibly in an attempt at strain relief. When it broke this time, it detached in a deeper, different place in the headphone instead of on the posts where yours broke.

Huge design flaw. I have the k7xx, same designed cup. I fixed it once last year and it broke again today! Just fixed a few hours ago actually. I added some hot glue around the solder joints to give them some more support.

Thanks for posting this video. Soldered the red wire back to its post and we're back in business. Saved me the price of a new set. Appreciate you, man! Thank you!!

Thank you so much!!! This was my exact issue! Akg couldn’t tell me anything helpful over the phone

Thanks for putting this out. I cant belive AKG didnt notice this problem when designing. cheeez, its such a obvious flaw

Great video! Just saved my k702s

Thank you! I was searching for the way to open some AKG K612 pro for soldering (because one side had a loose contact) and the K702 have quite the similar design, so your video, also showing the contact locations, helped a lot to repair them quickly!

Thanks a lot I just had this issue and figured that a wire becoming lose was the issue but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to disassemble the headset to get to those wires. You basically saved me 250€ that I was going to spend on a replacement. Cheers.

You've just got my 702 and 712 back! Thanks bro!!!

Thanks! The twisting of the silver cover was what helped me, took seconds to diagnose the issue afterwards. Mine was on the mini XLR input jack side, three wires there, and they were shorting. Just moved them back into a better position and good as new again. Brilliant!

This worked for me, lifesaver mate, thank you!

Thank you! The left channel on my Q701s gave out tonight. Same issue as yours: wire came loose from the terminal. With the help of your video and a couple drops of solder, it’s now fixed. Much appreciated!

had same problem with K712 and works perfect now...thank you.

Just fixed mine after watching your video, thanks for posting

Wow, I can't thank you enough. I had the exact same problem. I used the thin end of a plastic spudger to rotate the silver cover and remove it without leaving any blemishes. I can't believe how simple it was to fix these headphones.

The exact problem.. the red wire in that exact spot!! Thanks a lot, man! Had no idea how to open the caps :)

I've had this happen, thanks for this video, it's really helped, I'm going to replace all the internal wires as they all look like they are about to break!

Many thanks for this great video. I managed to repair my AKG thanks to you.

Had the same problem. It is now working thanks to you !

mine done this a few months after buying them, great video. helped a lot. mine are the K612 pros.

Thank you ! You saved my headphones. Quick fix for now, I will try to replace the cable as you suggest !

Wow, thank you so much. You've made it simple and obvious!

THANK YOU BUD! I couldn't find my solder but I was able to reflow it with the solder that was already on the little post. Temporary fix but I got new solder coming in the mail. I spent a good 25 minutes trying to figure out how these came apart before stumbling across your video. ^_^ Definitely earned my subscription haha PS: the issue isn't really the multi core wire. The issue is they never accounted for the cup moving around causing fatigue of the wire. They should've put in a wire clamp or some other strain relief into it. Kinda disappointing on AKGs end.

Really helpful, my treasured headphones are like new. Appreciated.

Thanks, I was about to throw my 702's out but fixed them in 5 minutes after this video!

Thanks so much dude! this is exactly what i was looking for 😁

Thanks mate! Same cable... Can't believe how common this fault is but very grateful! Back listening to stereo! Ha!

My good sir, you are a life saver! Thank you!

This is a very timely video for me... I bought a B-stock pair of these off Thomann to try, and there was no sound in the right side. My white wire was hanging loose. I don't have blobs of factory solder like yours though, my red and white wires seem to just be pushed into slightly bigger bits of black wire... no sign of any solder that I can see. I just pushed the white wire into the black bit it seemed to have come from, and now I have sound... Now i can actually try them out and decide if I want to keep them. Thanks for telling me how to actually get inside them.

Thank you! I just couldn’t figure how to get the back off. Cheers Dave

You are the champion! Thanks so much for this video!

The wire had come off at the other end for me. Thanks for the vdieo. You fast forwaded past the bit when you removed the plate held by two screws, fortunately I could see you replace later on, it just levers off and back on. Shame there is no way of twisting off the outside cap without damaging the soft plastic mesh. Thanks for the post.

Thanks for the video. I was able to fix my K612 using the same method.

Thank you, I was able to repair my AKGQ701.

Thank you. Just opened up my pair and found this exact fault.

yoooo lets go! saved $200. thanks man

My k-712 pro's just stopped working from one cup and I suspect it's the exact same issue. Thanks for this video mate, I'll update my situation ones I get it sorted

Same thing happened to mine. Haven't touched a soldering iron in years though, yikes. 10mins later... Thanks for the vid, you just saved me £100. 👍🏿 Next time I'll go for Beyerdynamic 770's.

thank you for this!!!! I have k7xx almost new with this issue and was about to toss them in the garbage

Thanks for this! Mine started doing this very quickly, and now I think I'm out of warranty. My version seems a little different, but it was the same issue.

I bought a pair of K-702 six years ago where one drive stopped working last year. I bought a new pair 9 months ago and it happened again, one drive stopped working. Very frustrating since I just got them! But I'll try fix the new once myself this time. It's odd they make the headphones with bad material, because they're really good for music production. Anyway, thanks for the video!

Many thanks. Same problem, now fixed!

It hasn’t even been a month and mine already is disconnecting. Thanks for the vid

Thank you. It is really helping to know about this.

Same works for K712 Pro. Mine had stopped working on the left side (the one that connects to the cable). Struggled a bit with getting the cover off but once I got it off I noticed the yellow wire was disconnected. soldering it up was simple and quick and now it works again. Edit: To get the cover off I had to pry it off using a flathead, would've been cool to see it in the video, the most difficult part IMO was getting it off the frame of the headpiece, but with some careful force it wasn't too difficult.

thanks for the video that silver outer cover is the hardest part of repair. yes same problem AKG K-612 Pro >>> 2 month old - contacted thomann for return/repair, just told them the model and on chat to after sales service and they forwarded me a RMA via email without blinking an eye- seems pretty common - saw 3 or 4 week delay for repair noted in the email.... so decided to do repair myself, I had second thoughts because they cost me 115 euro and were in warranty, diy repair takes 5min so worth the risk. It was easy enough but the way the terminals on the speaker side are its tough to access with solder iron - I had to de-solder from the headband posts to comfortably access the pins on speaker side. If you do the repair start de-soldering at least one of the wires on headband post then do the soldering the speaker side wiring and running it through the openings the plate then its easy to solder onto the pegs on the headband.

Thank you very much! You are the best!

Thanks I really managed to fix it ok!

Thanks for the tutorial! Although, I just want to point-out that stranded cables, although mire fragile, are way better to transmit electricity than solid wires... In case of audio, on such small gauge of wires, a solid core could even degrade sound quality! Anyways, I was trying to open-up my AKGs, and your video helped a lot! Thanks!

I wanted to mix some of my old songs at nightly but I lost sound in right handset and I found this video with save my music :-)

Thanks, exact same issue here!

Thanks so much! same headphones, same problem (didn't show up until about 2 years after purchase). In my case, the white wire on the right was squeezed off, obviously during assembly when putting on the black cap. Support in Germany pretended not to know the problem and said I would just have to buy a new one....

Thank you for saving me $275 dollars. The K702 crap red wire broke on my pair as well. I was surprised how poor the build quality actually is. Next time I'll go with Grados. :)

Experiencing it too. Mine is failing on a weekly basis now, and a bit of twisting is a fix. I've had them for a few months just, and they were brand-new.

K7XX were doing the same and desodered wire, Thank you

Thank you so much!

The trouble you'll run into if that wire has to move is that copper, while malleable, will work harden and eventually sheer. This is why multistrand wire is normally used in such applications (I could go into details here but suffice it to say it's essentially more flexible). You'd be better off getting some better quality (multistrand) wire, maybe a little thicker and also longer wouldn't hut either and putting some heatshrink (or something) around the where the wire is soldered to the terminal so the wire won't flex right at that solder join. (Just my two cents.)

Thx for tut bro! I fixed my k612 pro also Btw..really hard to take off this blastic cover..I need another one 😅

Just had this happen with a pair of K701s, I think it's probably the same problem but not had chance to get inside and have a look yet. Cheers!

Thank you so much, got mine fixed on the other side.

nice job !

My near 300€ studio pro AKGs went in one ear earlier today after just over a year of - delicate - use. Just back with some cheap new JVCs and disappointed with the cheap sound trawled around and found this. I’ve got some good older AKGs also kaput in one ear, so am going to try and fix both. Soldering iron is a bit large and I’m no Swiss watch maker, now I just need some tweezers.

I have a K612 Pro, right cup was sometimes working, sometimes didnt based on movement/position/angle of cup. Literally same problem, also the red cable, the cable broke, resoldered it, works now. Not what you expect from a premiumish headphone. I didn't bother to replace the cable, but if this is such a weakpoint, will do it next time.

Thanks, seems the old ones are wired exactly the same. Thought i'd have to buy new ones, but now i just gotta lend me a solder iron

This got me in my K7xx. wire finally gave way after like 6 years.

THX SOOOOO MUCH

Thanks, same issue ;)

Literally just had to do this, your video gave me the direction so I didn't break them taking the cover off. Shame you have to cannibalise the silver cover though.

thx!

Great thanks a lot

just a heads up I had this issue and it was actually the left headphone that had a loose connection where the cable goes into the headset so if the connections in the right headphone are fine then check the left one too :)

hi thanks for the video , one question where i can get this type of coil wire please ?

Thats brill , ive got exactly same problem , what kind of single core wire do i ask for at the store?

Yes same!

hi, did you remove the ties that allow you to reposition the head strap?

I repaired the left side of my Q701 but, without replacing the wire because I would have to replace the terminal assembly. The next time it breaks, I might have to send it to AKG or a headphone repair specialist.

Useful tip , especially on the dismantling. Thank You. Curious that wires should break when they're not being directly moved in use isn't it ?

Anyone seeing this in 2022, use blutac to twist off the mesh. no damage to the holes.

The AKG K7xx series design is inherently flawed because the cups move independently from the base. The wiring on my left cup keeps breaking no matter how many times I re-solder it. I would have to re-do everything with some anchor points to truly fix it with still no guarantees.

solder it again and then use shrink tube and slide it up and over the solder joint to keep it from moving

Any chance you know how to open/repair the left cup of the AKG N700?

same here man, keeps happening with me too.

Hello there, the same just happened to me. I dont have any knowledge in soldering, what soldering iron and what solder wire should i get for this type of headphone? And also, would this connection be possible if I use electrical tape, when I dont have access to soldering iron? Thanks for your answer :)

I paid an utterly obnoxious amount for these AKG 702 (so called "Anniversary Edition") from Dawsons Music in Manchester a solid 8+ years ago - somewhere in the region of £300 - I don't think they've ever retailed for that much lol ... bad decision on damn pain killers.... either way, even at £100 it's no good that they're so fragile. I really question the quality of these cans in general. The tacky plastic that connects the headstrap and the cans has snapped on both sides, the pieces of string (literally that's what they've used!) that are supposed to maintain rigidity are just limp ... as one would expect from pieces of string, and the ear phones have super fragile wiring. Terrible. I do appreciate the video though... I can revive them at least I suppose 👍🏼

Great video! - but you could ditch the background music and it would be MUCH BETTER!

what are you doing when you use the K702? you throw them around?

does it work also on akg in ear buds?

I know literally nothing about soldering or electrical maguffins whatsoever, so does soldering affect the signal quality at all? If I didn’t do an amazing job at soldering is there a risk it’d lower the audio quality?

great video m8! where did you get the additional red cable and what is the name of that cable? - The issue where the right ear cup goes out is really common in these set of cans, unfortunately. I'm interested in fixing it but i have to look into getting a soldering for the first time.

have they broken after 3 years?

Same issue

soldering came off within a month of purchase, returned to amazon. Thinking of buying again or going for a dt 880 600 ohm.

What gauge wire is this?

AKG 712, same issue.