I bought my Sennheiser HD650 about 10 years ago, and was pleasantly surprised that I could order new ear cushions and new cord to continue using it after the audio started disappearing from the other channel and the cushions were a bit mushed.

I like the headphones because they don't wear me down on long continuous usage and the sound is great to my not-golden-ears.

They cost about 350 euros back then and now perhaps paid 50 euros to get them back into shape, so pretty good for a music lover. I have even used them in office space, even though they are semi-open. Luckily the sound isn't leak too noisily on my usual listening levels.

The new AirPods headphones are rated at 20 hours play time with noise cancellation enabled, how do you figure 2+ cycles per day? Or are you talking about the earbuds AirPods?

I get that earbuds' 5-hour listening time is borderline annoying and if it drops to 3 or 4 hours you've got a real usefulness problem, but 20 hours has quite a lot of headroom for battery degradation unless you don't sleep.

Are you s(h)ure that you wrote correct model? 215s are in-ears and while excellent sound-wise, their cables break quite easily with frequent use. I'm on my 3rd pair and I'll most likely still buy new ones after the inevitable destruction of the pair I'm currently using.

Similarly I love my 215's and even though the cable is a bit chunkier than some other brands they don't seem to survive my daily use for more than 1-2 years.

That said being able to just buy a new cable and whip the old one off is far nicer than having to buy a whole new pair of headphones.

> their cables break quite easily with frequent use

I replaced them with cheap knockoff cables and they're lasting much longer. I haven't replaced them for years now

Newer Shure models have replaceable cables. They'll also replace the cable for something like $18 which is way less than the cost of the earphones.

I have been using my DT-770s every single day for hours and hours for about 5 years now and they are still in perfect condition. I expect them to last an extremely long time.

Meanwhile, I'm on my third replacement airpods (thankfully all covered by warranty, but not much longer!)