I replaced the pads on my AKG Q701 headphones today for the 4th time. It made me realize that I’ve used these headphones for at least 40 hours a week for 14 years straight. I’ve had to repair the left side speaker solder joint a few times, but they’re designed to be easily torn down and repaired. Truly BIFL headphones.

I’ve heard that the newer AKG K702 headphones are identical but I can’t vouch for that. They go for around $250.

  • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    Any headphones without a replaceable cable is just trash.

    Usually the phones last forever. Its the cable that’s the weak point

          • deltapi@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 month ago

            That’s quite interesting. I can see the benefits offered by each arrangement, curious to me that they opted to swap pin functions from 3-to-4 (as opposed to adding the extra ground on the extra pin and keeping everything else the same,) but I suppose this also ensures that things don’t ‘half-work in a weird way’ if someone uses the wrong connection method.

    • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      For sure, I’ve replaced the cable on this set a few times due to getting tangled in chair wheels or my kitten chewing on the cord