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by Macha 26 days ago
Headphones are a big one for me. By their nature, the cords are often going to get snagged and tugged on and are pretty much guaranteed to fail before the headset itself does. I'm pretty happy my current Sennheiser headphones have detachable headphone cables, though the shaky ground the company itself is on makes me wonder if I should stock up on a few...
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My $300 Sennheisers have a detachable cable. My son's $99 Sennheisers have a detachable cable. My $25 almost-noname headphones have a detachable cable.

I think a detachable cable is a widespread option, as long as the headphones are large enough to make accomodating it easy.