> jiggling the cable to get a good connection when the jack started wearing out I think this is mostly due to shitty cables though. I've had multiple Sennheise

> jiggling the cable to get a good connection when the jack started wearing out I think this is mostly due to shitty cables though. I've had multiple Sennheiser earbuds that lasted for 4,5 years on average, while only costing 20 euros at the time. Similarly, my current headphones are semi-profesional studio monitors that I've used heavily for the last 8 years, (including DJing) and they still work perfectly. I think there's a difference between solid-core or stranded cables. I don't recall which is the more durable one, but as long as you get the right one cabled headphones can last a long time. Also when it does break it's trivially easy to repair or replace the cable.