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Thanks for the response and suggestion. I should start looking into open headphones more and I will definitely look into Shure. I appreciate you telling me about Sennheiser's cable and how to go about purchasing. Thanks for stopping by.

Please read: I've been on the lookout for my first pair of "high quality" headphones since my last less than $30 pair (pair #4 within a year) stopped working on one side as the ones before it have. I created this thread to have a point of reference to come back to where I can compare the brands...

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  ^Agreed.   There's also the whole checking the tracking number every 30 minutes and getting excited every time you see a mail carrier stop close to your home even though you're not expecting your package until a few days later. Sometimes I force myself to wait a few hours or days even until...

I'm riding my motorcycle, going through a turn.

Thanks a lot for your help and patience.

If one of the sides were to go out on a pair of detachable cable headphones, would changing the cable help? I've probably spent so much money on replacing $20 in-ear headphones that I could have had a very nice, almost high-end pair by now.  [I apologize for my ignorance if the answer is obvious.]

If I'm honest, I'm not completely sure what the problem is; if it's really the jack or not. Saying that it could be the jack was mostly speculation on my part.  Thanks for mentioning your headphones, I'll have to look into them sometime soon.

Hello,   I've been frequenting this forum for a couple of years now and am just now deciding to join. My problem today is that all of my in-ears have died on me on one side within half a year or less and I'm not completely sure what the cause of it is. I'm beginning to believe that my laptop's...