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

Just fixed mine after watching your video, thanks for posting

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

Great video! Just saved my k702s

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.

nice job !

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.

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!

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

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

Crazy considering they aren't exactly cheap

thx!

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.

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

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

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....

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!

Thanks, exact same issue here!

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

Yes same!

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

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

have they broken after 3 years?

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

Thanks, same issue ;)

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

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!

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.

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.

K7XX were doing the same and desodered wire, Thank you

yoooo lets go! saved $200. thanks man

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

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!

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

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.

same here man, keeps happening with me too.

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?

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

Thank you so much!

Thank you, I was able to repair my AKGQ701.

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 :)

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!

Same issue

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.

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

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

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!

Fucking chinese shit headphones.. had these for like 2 months and they do this. So many good reviews on them..

Many thanks. Same problem, now fixed!

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