For as long as I can think of I've had problems with my mobile headphones, way back to the 1990s with my first cassette Walkman. For years (many of them) I've just accepted the fact that these have to be replaced regularly, with one channel always going to pot sooner or later. Hencwent e, the headphones of my choice would always be whatever had a vaguely acceptable price-durability-ratio, with sound quality not really a concern. About ten years ago, I bought a pair of Sennheiser earbuds, for a change, which went bust as fast as the less expensive ones and were the pinnacle of unease to boot (my entire body felt sealed-off wearing those, and they would be statically charged in no time, so I felt constantly on the brink of being self-shortcircuited or even electrocuted). So I went back to cheap Panasonics (about the equivalent of £10-15) which sounded okay-ish and proved to be quite durable. Last spring, another foray into more high-endy headphones started hopefully (some FiiOs) but last week, after about 9 months of use, the left channel said goodbye, so I had to send them back on warranty - and am back to the Panasonics now, but the in my ears good sound quality of the FiiOs have ruined them for me. So I really don't know where to go now in the mobile headphone department. Is there anybody without the problem of constantly breaking mobile headphones? (I don't really want to use a Bluetooth connection, btw...)