[jsherry]

If you can secure the patent, sounds like licensing might be the way to go here. Competing on the quality of the headphone is an entirely different (and expensive) problem, crowded with a ton of established companies. And if the headphones you produce aren't of decent quality, my hunch is that people won't buy them b/c sound is going to trump the inconvenience of tangled wires.

[fluxxy]

They are currently patent-pending. We are working with a manufacturer who already produce headphones. They make a range of models from cheap, average quality headphones to expensive high quality models. We can incorporate this design into all of them.

[antihero]

Yeah but are they Sennheisers? Are they Koss Porta-Pros? Are they as attractive as Skullcandies? People take their choice in headphones very seriously and for many reasons other this magnet thing. I'd buy this if it sold as a kit that I could mod my existing cans with, but I'm not going to switch headphone brand just to have slightlier easier cables.