Audio Technica ATH-AD500 Driver Replacement

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• Remove the ear pads by peeling them away from the grill.
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• Remove all four 1cm screws on the inside of the headphone using a #1 Phillips head.
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• Remove the speaker from the grill by pulling it out.
• Remove the speaker carefully so you do not rip the wires out.
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• With a #0 phillips head, unscrew the three, 1 cm screws which are holding the driver (red wafer) in its bracket.
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• Pull the driver out of its bracket.
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• Remove the two wires, red and yellow, by de-soldering them from the driver using a soldering iron and desoldering wick. Reference How To Solder and Desolder Connections.
• The areas where you solder will be hot so wait until the solder joints are cool before handling the wires again.
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• Connect the existing wires to the new driver by re-soldering the wires using the soldering iron.
• Using the copper as a reference, re-solder the yellow wire to the top left solder joint and the red to the bottom left solder joint.
• The areas where you solder will be hot so wait until the solder joints are cool before handling the wires again.
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