Why is it that every single damn time you get some headphones or a nice headset, no matter which company it comes from, no matter how 'well built' and expensive it is, the side that doesn't have the wire going into it will always eventually go all fucked up and strange. You know what I mean, when one side will stop working unless your in a perfect position, but move an inch and it'll just stop working again. You can move the wire about, oh look it works! You let go, it stops again. Every single headset and headphones I have owned since the dawn of time, this is the case. Every-fucking-time. Have the all mighty blueprints for a headset been flawed since the day they were invented causing this consitent malfunction in every headset or pair of headphones in existence?
I need a new headset again now, I was listening to music and suddenly the right ear popped off. I moved slightly to the left and it worked, I moved back to normal sitting position and it stopped. I shook the wire a little and it kept coming on and off. "Must be faulty wiring" IN EVERY SINGLE HEADSET I'VE EVER OWNED? THINK YOU ELECTRONIC GURUS, THINK!
- End Rant
Who else has had a suituation like this? *sniff*
EDIT - The ear has just completley gone now, can't hear a thing no matter what :<
Someone link me a HIGH QUALITY headset that won't break in less than a year or two.
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Every headset always breaks in one side eventually and it's stupid. Post your experiences of this, thank you
Responses -
"Take better care of them" - Can't take much better care than making sure the wire is always out of the way, I even have a hook on my desk for them. No brute here.
"That's called headphones dieing. It happens, otherwise headphones companies would go broke" - Never heard of a company making a product to purpously break after time so you buy more.
R.I.P
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The mic on these was amazing <:{
Take better care of them.
I have a pair of headphones that are 4 years old and been to every continent and work like they're new. How? I took care of them and didn't leave them hanging off my desk, or with tangled wires, etc.
I have this problem, I fixed it by looping the cord around the right side so it always stays in the green zone.
That's called headphones dieing. It happens, otherwise headphones companies would go broke.
fuck this happens to my all the time. I bought about 5 headphones in 2009 and i have a feeling these are about to fuck up as well.
Sony Headphones are good.
Oh wait, if I look down 1 degree they work.
I would run over the cord to my headphones every once in a while (with my office chair :downs:). After a while it began to break far too many of them. I got a wireless pair and they've lasted me about a year at this point.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;21130948]I would run over the cord to my headphones every once in a while (with my office chair :downs:). After a while it began to break far too many of them. I got a wireless pair and they've lasted me about a year at this point.[/QUOTE]
Innovative thinking there.
It seems I have to reverse my headphones for my ears to hear them properly, but if they break, its always the left side.
I haven't had a single problem since I bought my Sennheiser HD 515's about 6 months ago.
[QUOTE=PX1K;21130853]Never heard of a company making a product to purpously break after time so you buy more.[/QUOTE]
It's called Design for Obsolescence. It's made to be replaced.
Keeps hapening to me i rekon it's just unlucky regardless i jsut buy cheap ones since they break alot :(
Only time I ever have problems with headphones is if they are in-ear, in which case the wire gets fucked from me stuffing it in my pocket all the time.
[QUOTE=Mr Sandman;21130981]Only time I ever have problems with headphones is if they are in-ear, in which case the wire gets fucked from me stuffing it in my pocket all the time.[/QUOTE]
Yeah many people who wind them up end up breaking the wire due to it being wound up so many times.
I haven't had a problem with my headphones, except for the memory in the cord.
Sony MDR-V150's are great if you don't need the absolute best, but want better than ear buds or the shit that Skullcandy puts out.
[QUOTE=noobcake;21130873]I have this problem, I fixed it by looping the cord around the right side so it always stays in the green zone.[/QUOTE]I had 2 pairs of Senneheiser HD212s and a pair of EH350 (pretty much the same model, but cheaper).
They all broke on the right side first. The "looping cord arond the earphone" trick only worked for about a month before it'd stop working completely. After a while, the left side would break too.
I don't think I had a pair that lasted more than 6 months. I sent the first HD212 back for a replacement, when that broke I thought 'screw it' and bought the EH350s. After they broke (within 3 months), I got my money back.
However, Sennheiser aren't all bad, it's only the £30-40 headsets that'll crap out on you.
[QUOTE=BlazeFresh;21130953]Innovative thinking there.[/QUOTE]
That's what god invented wireless technology for.
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Should I get these? They sound pretty awesome.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;21131010]That's what god invented wireless technology for.[/QUOTE]
It's just like our wireless brains
[QUOTE=BlazeFresh;21131050]It's just like our wireless brains[/QUOTE]
Wait, what, when did this happen? I got gyped!
Strange. This happened to my cheap shit ones a few weeks ago, one side went POP and stopped working. I still use them though, mostly because:
For better headphones I've had a much worse problem several times now: The cord strangles itself to death and frays down into nothingness after around 2 months and either snaps completely or the inside wires get damaged. First pair it just happened unexpectedly, the wire coiled itself into a ball overnight and snapped in two. I coated the second one in surgical tubing which stopped the coiling, but the wire twisted horizontally inside the tube instead and the wires inside at one point suddenly threw themselves out of a little tear...
Wait wait
These
[url]http://www.dolby.com/consumer/product/games/headset/logitech-g35.html[/url]
They are cheaper and the surround isn't virtual
should I get them?
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;21131091]Wait, what, when did this happen? I got gyped![/QUOTE]
Oh shit sorry man, you must still be plugged into
[I]The Matrix[/I]
[QUOTE=PX1K;21131227]
should I get them?[/QUOTE]
No, you should get [URL="http://www.itworldzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wireless-headphones.jpg"]these.[/URL]
As in, wireless headphones. Unless the wires for your headphones are surrounded by 1" diameter steel cable, they are going to break if you aren't really careful with the cord.
I have Skullcandy Hesh, had them for almost 3 years now and they've broken once and that was when my dumbass sister jumped onto my chair and landed on them.
They also have a lifetime warranty.
I think what you want mostly is something which doesn't having wiring made entirely from toenail clippings soldered together by a blind gorilla, before you spend a ton on really nice fancy headphones only to have the same thing happen again.
I've head bad things about wireless ones, the quality is just overall more 'meh' than what you'd expect.
One tip for handling headphones is when you take your mp3 player out of your pocket, please do not pull the mp3 player out of your pocket by pulling on the cord.
happens a lot but if you take good care of them like put effort in it to not jangle them around, jerk more than they can reach, basically treat it like priceless gear like your balls and then they won't break as much
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