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Re:Fairbuds XL review: the excellent noise-cancelling headph... by stainablesteel on Sunday May 14, 2023 @06:57PM (#35942118)
i've never had a pair of wired headphones last more than ~2 years

i usually buy cheap wired ear buds that i can listen to while i walk to work

Re:Fairbuds XL review: the excellent noise-cancelling headph... by dublinben on Sunday May 14, 2023 @09:08PM (#35942870)
If you only ever buy cheap disposable earbuds, they’ll never last very long.

Nice headphones can last a decade or more, and be made of entirely user-serviceable parts.