why do headphones break so fast?

[Fish]

grandfather bought me some nice headphones and i only had then for half a month, now the jack is already broken and its not picking up voices only sounds

[Zekiran]

Publicado originalmente por Albemouff:

I had 2 sets of headphones in 10 years.

^^


While PARTS of my headphones tend to break more often than they ought, for me it's because my head is *really small*? Like I'm a 50 year old woman with a head that can easily fit child-sized caps. :/ So they tend to have to be scrunched onto me a little weird. So taking them on and off will mean the plastic bits for the ears connecting and sliding into the head band get wrenched around a little more than they should.

But that's just me, otherwise they have been just fine. Take better care of them? Buy quality goods? Good headphones usually start around 35-50 bucks, but do your research if you want them to last.

[Harry Gumdropzap]

usually only cheap headphones break fast
audio brands like beyerdynamic, sennheiser, sony tend to break less, a lot less
people have kept their headphones for 10+ years

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

I was actually thinking about I'm buying a new headset just for a change. Still going to buy a Skullcandy headset, maybe one with a mic so I can get rid of the mic on my desk. Although it is a very good mic.

My good earbuds are also Skullcandy. Something about their audio quality just really does it for me.

[Z i o ⚡]

Publicado originalmente por Fish:

maybe next time i should get wireless headphones?

You could also get ones that have wires that plug into the headphones that can be replaced.

The time my headphones wire got damaged I blame my cat who was always jumping up trying to get petted.

[𝓡𝓮𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓒𝓪𝓽]

Publicado originalmente por Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍:

I was actually thinking about I'm buying a new headset just for a change. Still going to buy a Skullcandy headset, maybe one with a mic so I can get rid of the mic on my desk. Although it is a very good mic.

My good earbuds are also Skullcandy. Something about their audio quality just really does it for me.

Have you considered the ModMic Uni [www.amazon.com]? It's a pretty decent attachable microphone solution that you can pair with any set of headphones.

[WhispersOfTheWind]

Publicado originalmente por Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍:

Nah.

If the same option is available for everyone it's definitely not cheating.

Thanks bro, kind of what I've thought as well.

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

Publicado originalmente por 𝓢𝓹𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓒𝓪𝓽:

Publicado originalmente por Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍:

I was actually thinking about I'm buying a new headset just for a change. Still going to buy a Skullcandy headset, maybe one with a mic so I can get rid of the mic on my desk. Although it is a very good mic.

My good earbuds are also Skullcandy. Something about their audio quality just really does it for me.

Have you considered the ModMic Uni [www.amazon.com]? It's a pretty decent attachable microphone solution that you can pair with any set of headphones.

Nah. I mean thank you very much for the suggestion, but like I said I'm just thinking about it. My blue yeti still does the job fine.

But again thanks!

[Edge_Master]

Unlucky. I've had good luck with all mine.

Current set i have was some cheapo brand from the UK I bought for like 40 bucks iirc like a year ago.

The only thing that has gone wrong is the right earcup has come loose (Or the thing that holds it in place) but it is possible to slide it back into position and it surprisngly does hold without the support thingo.

both right and left speakers still work.

Last one I had the wire kept getting tangled on the edge of the desk so that eventually broke the wire because the gauging wasn't thick enough to cope with it but i wouldn't blame the manufacturer for it, it's just bad luck for me.

[crgzero]

I've had 2 sets in 8 years, the last one only broke because I ran over the coord with my chair and shorted it. I had to hold it a certain way or the volume would go all the way down by itself.

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

most wired headset I have last at least one year or two , even the cheapo 20$ one.

but then I had very bad luck with bluetooth headset , both of them had the bluetooth stop working months after I got them.

they're models that can be fit with an male to male headphone wire so at least they still worked that way.