So I've been using a cheap, almost throw-away pair of earbuds for a while now, but now it's close to my birthday and my dad is willing to get me new headphones.   I'm used to the Senn PMX-60. I loved them until they broke many times ending with a yanked out cable. The other issue was noise...

So my ever trustworthy senn pmx 60 finally died, in a most spectacular fashion: the cord ripped out as my knee hooked the cord standing up after class. :P I'm way out of warranty, which I was taking advantage of that free warranty since I live very close the to Canadian repair center.   I've...