I don't think I've ever owned a pair of earbuds headphones or otherwise that failed anywhere other than a wire coming loose internally. To be fair, I've also te

I don't think I've ever owned a pair of earbuds headphones or otherwise that failed anywhere other than a wire coming loose internally. To be fair, I've also tended to buy fairly cheap headphones because I've internalized this as such a likely outcome, so maybe I'm living a self fulfilling prophecy.