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Edit by Dominik Schnabelrauch

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-[* black] We first remove what’S meant to be removed (and cleaned ones in a while): The rubber tips that come in three different sizes.
-[* black] The rear plate of the earbud looks suspiciously removable so we grab our iMac wheel and get going.
-[* black] This glued on plate is home to the touch controls to stop, start and skip track as well as accept and deny calls, and activate the active noise cancelling modes.
-[* black] On the inside we can already spot the motherboard, but to get to the rest of the nitty gritty we need to find another way in.
+[* black] We first remove what’s meant to be removed (and cleaned ones in a while): The rubber tips that come in three different sizes with each pair of earbuds.
+[* black] The rear plate of the earbud looks suspiciously removable so we grab our iMac wheel and get going — no heating required to slice through the adhesive.
+ [* icon_note] This glued on plate is home to the touch controls to stop, start and skip track as well as accept and deny calls, and activate the active noise cancelling modes.
+[* black] On the inside we can already spot the glued in motherboard. Since we don't want to rip anything in overeagerness we decide to follow our "traditional" opening procedure for earbuds to avoid tearing any cables.