Stax "Earspeakers" - how to remove head band

[SimpleMind]

Dear All

The head band on my ancient Stax Gamma Pros "ear speakers" (as Stax calls their headphones) is completely worn out and ugly and stiff. It obviously needs replacement and I bought some nice, soft leather for the job.
But now, I simply cannot remove the old head band. It is held by small plastic sliders and I can't pry them apart, because they look as whether they would break as soon as some force is applied. Anybody knows, how to remove the old head band (and attach the new one)?

Thanks a lot for any help.

Ben

 

[rayma]

how to remove the old head band (and attach the new one)?

You may have to remove the transducers from the hard band,
in order to slide off the leather band.

 

[SimpleMind]

Hi rayma

Thank you very much for your suggestion. I simply couldn't disassemble the sliders, which hold the head band. But indeed did I remove the transducers and then simply filed down the slider tracks (grooves) to the end of the plastic arc, which allowed for sliding the sliders off the arc and then change the head band. It was nevertheless tedious work, as my real leather replacement head band was a bit thicker, than the original pleather. But I succeeded!

And the sliders don't move freely, so there is no chance they will fall off the arc now.

Cheers, Ben

 

[rayma]

But I succeeded!

Good work, sometimes products aren't made (or intended to be) easily disassembled.

 

[SimpleMind]

That is unfortunately too true. On the Staxen, there is too much glue and no screws at all. In this respect I very much prefer my Beyerdynamic head phones, as Beyer provides almost everything as a spare part and encourages self-repair.

Ben