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Step 2Shorten the cable
Your headphones came with a cable that was several feet long, maybe six or eight feet. You now want it to be about six inches long, which requires a bit of cutting and splicing.
Cut the cable in two places, about three inches from each end. (Save the center section for a later project.) Strip the two exposed ends. There are three wires that go through the cable (left signal, right signal, and ground). The wires are color coded, so you can just solder the three pairs of matching colors. Use heat-shrink tubing or electrical tape to keep the three solder joints from touching.
As you can see in the photo, I used a piece of black heat-shrink tubing over the three pairs, which makes the splice nearly invisible.
Cut the cable in two places, about three inches from each end. (Save the center section for a later project.) Strip the two exposed ends. There are three wires that go through the cable (left signal, right signal, and ground). The wires are color coded, so you can just solder the three pairs of matching colors. Use heat-shrink tubing or electrical tape to keep the three solder joints from touching.
As you can see in the photo, I used a piece of black heat-shrink tubing over the three pairs, which makes the splice nearly invisible.
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