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YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-17 02:53:58
December 17 2008 02:53 GMT
#1
Okay the earbud that i got for 24$ 1month ago just broke which was the exact same model as this topic here ( http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=81920 )... So far this year i've been on like 5 earphones, and its always been one of the ears stop working...

however if i turn the wire a bit, sound still comes from the other earbud, and as soon as i move, it stops working...T_T

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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
December 17 2008 02:56 GMT
#2
get v-moda vibes and treat them nicely (i.e. use a pouch instead of wrapping them around whatever you use them for and letting the wires stretch and be damaged and such)
posting on liquid sites in current year
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14910 Posts
December 17 2008 02:59 GMT
#3
my ipod earbuds have broken 3x now =(
shavingcream66
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1219 Posts
December 17 2008 02:59 GMT
#4
how do you break earbuds so quickly...
mikeymoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada7170 Posts
December 17 2008 03:08 GMT
#5
Mine totally broke like 2 or three times this month. I feel you man.
Definitely just hauling the headphones now.
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Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-17 03:23:34
December 17 2008 03:10 GMT
#6
1 month is rediculous, how do you transport them when you're not listening? And be sure not to mess around with the cable when you're bored like spinning it around, wrapping around your fingers etc, that stuff will kill it sooooo much faster.

Ive had standard ipod earbuds for a few months now (think since end september) and theyve been fine and I always carry them around in my pocket wrapped around the ipod (nano), if you do this be sure not to wrap it too tightly.
mikeymoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada7170 Posts
December 17 2008 03:15 GMT
#7
On December 17 2008 12:10 Frits wrote:
And be sure not to mess around with the cable when you're bored like spinning it around (CHECK), wrapping around your fingers (CHECK)etc, that stuff will kill it sooooo much faster.

Oops.
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YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
December 17 2008 03:26 GMT
#8
On December 17 2008 12:10 Frits wrote:
1 month is rediculous, how do you transport them when you're not listening? And be sure not to mess around with the cable when you're bored like spinning it around, wrapping around your fingers etc, that stuff will kill it sooooo much faster.

Ive had standard ipod earbuds for a few months now (think since end september) and theyve been fine and I always carry them around in my pocket wrapped around the ipod (nano), if you do this be sure not to wrap it too tightly.


i've actually broken them many times before so i pay attention to how i put it in my pockets now, I dont' wrapte it around my ipod i just tangle it together and put it in a seperate pocket away from my ipod. I used to just wrap the headphones around my ipod with it still connected, and shove it in my pockets... and my new way of handling it seems to a worse result...
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Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3685 Posts
December 17 2008 03:35 GMT
#9
Get some px100s. These babies sound fantastic and they fold up.
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17054 Posts
December 17 2008 04:17 GMT
#10
My third gen iPod earphones are still completely undamaged. It's strange.
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Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
December 17 2008 04:54 GMT
#11
On December 17 2008 13:17 Empyrean wrote:
My third gen iPod earphones are still completely undamaged. It's strange.

Holy shit!
Praise this man!
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I'm not even kidding, mine last like a month...
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
food
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1951 Posts
December 17 2008 05:11 GMT
#12
ever heard of a planned obsolescence? Find something comparable expensive and seemingly simple, to make u say "wtf?". Buy it and have it last.
Can someone ban this guy please? FA?
Spike
Profile Joined October 2003
United States1392 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-17 05:40:10
December 17 2008 05:39 GMT
#13
i have a habit of wrapping my earphones around my mp3 player and that seems to kill them much faster than not.

i usually buy some generic earphones and i've had some last a month or two and some > 6 months; the inconsistency bugs the shit out of me.
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43822 Posts
December 17 2008 07:21 GMT
#14
Stop breaking them.
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poilord
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Germany3252 Posts
December 17 2008 10:46 GMT
#15
lol, I have my Ipod for four years now and am on the second earphones, what are you doing^^ Ripping, cutting, tearing, pulling, etc. usually don't go that well with earphones :p
keit
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
1584 Posts
December 17 2008 12:50 GMT
#16
Buy quality earphones that last for years instead of buying five budget earphones per year. Same price if you count how often the lesser earphones break, plus you get a 10x better sound from them compared to the budget ones.

Tis' like driving a $100 000 car for one year, or driving five $20 000 cars per year where you get a new one when the old one breaks. So stupid.
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Kennelie
Profile Joined December 2007
United States2296 Posts
December 17 2008 15:11 GMT
#17
Yang wtf quit wrapping the shit around your junk.....

Hrmm my 3rd gen ipod earphones worked great(shitty sound thou) for about 2 years until they stole the other mp3 player(ipod was stolen within a year)....I would just buy like the 10-15 dollar sony/phillips in-ear buds just for the fact I know im going to fuck them up or lose them sooner or later....One time I spent about 45 bucks on some dj style sony headphones (cheap for dj style) and my dog chewed up the wires....Fuckin great....
ya had ya shot kid!
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
December 17 2008 15:15 GMT
#18
On December 17 2008 12:15 mikeymoo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2008 12:10 Frits wrote:
And be sure not to mess around with the cable when you're bored like spinning it around (CHECK), wrapping around your fingers (CHECK)etc, that stuff will kill it sooooo much faster.

Oops.

ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
gEzUS
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada371 Posts
December 18 2008 03:06 GMT
#19
On December 17 2008 11:56 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:
get v-moda vibes and treat them nicely (i.e. use a pouch instead of wrapping them around whatever you use them for and letting the wires stretch and be damaged and such)


Have these and they don't need a case mine we run over by a SUV. not the best in terms of sound quality a bit boomy, but better than any 25 dollar ones.
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