How is it that my headphone cables always manage to get tangled no matter how i put them away?
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Electronic cables are strange... Science has yet to explain why under certain circimstances they can be observed to no-clip through themselves and form complex multi-slipknots. Some leading quasi-electron-AI-propigation-subatomic physicists theorize that a wired cable actually has a chemical hive mind and can sense when its not being used, and when its in a container or drawer, they theorize this sentient (and ultimately malevolent) intelligence wants to get back at you for being continuously electricutted daily.
Ah, another case of "Satan's possessed headphones." Here's what you do:
-Obtain some Holy Water [small](you can get some from your local church, or you can ask David Hasslehoff to fill a bucket with his tears.)[/small]
-Fill a bucket with said Holy Water.
-Dip the headphones in the bucket.
-Now that you've destroyed your headphones, go out and buy another pair.
-Obtain some Holy Water [small](you can get some from your local church, or you can ask David Hasslehoff to fill a bucket with his tears.)[/small]
-Fill a bucket with said Holy Water.
-Dip the headphones in the bucket.
-Now that you've destroyed your headphones, go out and buy another pair.
That happens to me a lot too. I've only figured out one way to keep them from tangling. If you have an iPod you can wrap the headphones around the iPod, and they won't tangle, but that requires that you take the time to wrap them around when you're putting them away, and if you're in a hurry it's just not an option sometimes.
Some sorta high learning mumbo jumbo. I remember reading an article were some scientists rolled up some cord and placed it in a box just big enough to fit. Then they just left the box alone for a bit, didn't touch it or go near it. When they came back the cord had begun to tangle itself. Can't exactly remember the explanation, though it was pretty cool.lord omad said:
normally I untangle my wires, so they are completely straight before I start to wind it around my iPod and at the end I'll usually take the earpiece and put it around the wires so they don't get tangled.....it's worked well for me so far but it loosens when I constantly take out my iPod then put it back in my pocket and whatnot. Depending on what mp3 player, iPod, or Zune you have, there are cases that are made with little grooves that your headphones can be wound around....you could look into one of those or get velcro to wind up your headphones around your audio device 
Hope this helped.
Hope this helped.
Your headphones are just rolled up, not around anything. Then they sit. Parts of them have support from other parts, others have nothing under them, so are pulled down by gravity. When you pull them out again, chances are you don't grab the whole thing, you grab them by whatever bit comes first, then pull. As the cable isn't wrapped in a spiral, it's sort of a mess due to gravity, when it comes out, bits are going to wrap around other bits and knots will form.
It's the law of reverse dynamic reception connections. The nicer you put headphones in your pocket, the more tangled they will become. However, what I do is I jam the headphones into my pocket leaving the ear-buds hanging out of my jeans, then I just pull up (lightly, of course) on the ear-buds and the chord comes out the way it went in. Quick and easy.
Other possible ways of setting is, when I work (I'm on my feet moving around a good bit when I work), if I need to take my ear buds out for a second and I don't want them to dangle around my neck - I put just the ear-buds into the edge of my pocket, leaving the chord dangling around my knees. It's a quick transition, the chord doesn't wrap around your knees (unless they are REALLY long headphones, or you are a very vertically impaired individual), and you don't need to worry about tangled headphone cords.
Headphone Philosophies...
Other possible ways of setting is, when I work (I'm on my feet moving around a good bit when I work), if I need to take my ear buds out for a second and I don't want them to dangle around my neck - I put just the ear-buds into the edge of my pocket, leaving the chord dangling around my knees. It's a quick transition, the chord doesn't wrap around your knees (unless they are REALLY long headphones, or you are a very vertically impaired individual), and you don't need to worry about tangled headphone cords.
Headphone Philosophies...
I finally caved and got a set of Sennheiser hd series headphones, they were expensive but you can't beat the sound quality plus... no tangles.
I'm serious I've had them since around Christmas last year. Haven't had a single tangle problem with this chord.
I'm serious I've had them since around Christmas last year. Haven't had a single tangle problem with this chord.
It has to do with the rubber around the wire(that causes the twisty-ness). Plus the two headphone wires are so easy to encircle each other.
Just get the "inline" headphones where its all one cable.
Just get the "inline" headphones where its all one cable.
Cords Law man, cords law all the way.
Any cord left unattended will seek to entangle itself. The degree of entanglement is proportional to the time left unattended. No external interferance is required for cords law to apply, cords do it all on their own.
Something about electromagnetism and static in the rubber around the wires or something... Is my uneducated opinion.
Any cord left unattended will seek to entangle itself. The degree of entanglement is proportional to the time left unattended. No external interferance is required for cords law to apply, cords do it all on their own.
Something about electromagnetism and static in the rubber around the wires or something... Is my uneducated opinion.
Hi All,
There is a really easy way to prevent your earphones from getting tangled up and I use this all the time. The trick is to wrap them in a figure-of-eight. That way, the loops cannot cross over!
Hold your hand out, with fingers opened. Start with the earbuds draped over your thumb, then just form the figure of eight across your palm, looping back over your little finger. Before the cord is fully wound, just ensure there is enough to wrap around the cables to hold it all in place. Voila!
If your headset has buttons or controls somewhere along its length you'll soon work out how close or far you neeed to stretch your hand so that this part is neatly in the middle part of the wrap, not stuck on a thumb or little finger.
Have fun!
N.
There is a really easy way to prevent your earphones from getting tangled up and I use this all the time. The trick is to wrap them in a figure-of-eight. That way, the loops cannot cross over!
Hold your hand out, with fingers opened. Start with the earbuds draped over your thumb, then just form the figure of eight across your palm, looping back over your little finger. Before the cord is fully wound, just ensure there is enough to wrap around the cables to hold it all in place. Voila!
If your headset has buttons or controls somewhere along its length you'll soon work out how close or far you neeed to stretch your hand so that this part is neatly in the middle part of the wrap, not stuck on a thumb or little finger.
Have fun!
N.