This has actually changed over the last 10 years: today all but the cheapest on/over ear headphones will come with replaceable cables (2.5mm jack in headphone end).

Background: I have a collection of even older "goodish" headphones which I have kept alive with solder over the years. My teenage son recently started buying similar headphones, and they all have replaceable cables. This was me as well until my Yes, this wasIf you have bought a rea

Definitely not all - DT770 still don’t. And their cables are terrible.

Agreed, for this reason I modified my DT770 with a miniXLR socket. There are multiple tutorials for this on the internet.

I don't think the DT770 will be updated though. Recently Beyerdynamics released the DT 700 PRO X, which seem like the "successor" and they do have replaceable cords.

You vote with your money. I went through a ton of "gamer" headphones in my teens, all of them meeting their doom because of the crappy cables. Then spent a bit more on ones with a replaceable cable that those lasted until the plastic broke. Then I spent decent money on some sennheisers and they've been going strong for like 6 years with so signs of slowing down, too bad they sold off their consumer product division not that long ago.

And can be soldered / repaired. I have patched up my wired gear many times in my life.

The dreaded doorknob catch.

Ouch.

Who buys headphones without replaceable cable?

Wired in-ear headphones are difficult to get with detachable cables. The only ones I know about are meant as in-ear monitors for musicians performing live.

Get some KZs! They're a good place to start for cheap ones with replaceable cables, I'd recommend the zsn pro or DQ6 for inexpensive ones.

Thanks, I already have the ZSN pro and they're very impressive. I'll keep the DQ6 in mind in case someone asks for a recommendation.

That really isn't true anymore. Chi-fi iems changed the iem market pretty massively and you can get them with detachable cables for less than $20 these days.

Would appreciate search keyword or brand/model recommendations.

Moondrop, tanchjim, tin audio, dunu

KZ, too.

Merci!

Whoops... started searching for Merci! branded earbuds.

My SHURE SE215 in ear headphones have detachable MMCX cables.

Can recommend. Can be bought for 100 euros.