I’m looking for some BIFL over ear (wireless Bluetooth, since I’m always breaking the wires by accident) headphones.
I haven’t had much luck with the earbud things. They’re always falling out unless I put them in real well. I want something you can just put in and forget about. Something good for working in the field, running, etc.
It’s annoying to have a pair of headphones you really like, only for them to break around the two year mark. Seems like nothing lasts these days.
I’d be willing to pay up to $200, but do tend to buy most things used.
Thanks.
BIFL and Bluetooth are typically an impossible combo because Bluetooth means more batteries and electronics to break/be unreplaceable. Maybe modular systems will come in the future but they’d need to use a completely generic set of batteries.
My best suggestion, based on what you describe as your problem with wired headphones, is to get headphones with a removable cable, as those cables are generally pretty standard. I know sennheiser had a lock in mechanism but you can get third party cables. Also, I was able to take that out of my HD599s and use the headphones with a Bose cable.
As mentioned before, bluetooth and ‘for life’ usually does not work together because of dyong batteries.
However, Beyerdynamic builds very repairable headphones. Therefore, even if your cable breaks with them, it is not so hard to replace. They kept their building stype for ~30 years and are still being bought, that tells you something.
The META these days is primarily chifi IEMs. Modular cable is bogstandard and there are a selection of bluetooth modules.
200 bucks is considered borderline top of the line. I dont think they will ever really need fixing if you dont screw around. I would even say they sound better than any alternatives as well.
