Durable Headphones?

Hello, I have an entire drawer full of broken headphones.

So I've decided to ask some headphone experts, on a headphone forum, which exists to my surprise.

Because of my history of rubbish headphones I was going to go all out and buy a pair of headphones which are made by Califone, a company that makes audio equipment for public schools and lunatic asylums, hopefully that would be the ultimate in durability. They also have a very long chord, probably for students to plug into a central console from a distance or something. This is good because I like to pace back and forth and think while listing to music, but I don't want to disturb the family. They also come with an antibacterial bag to prevent head lice spreading which has a name tag on it, which is hysterically funny in my mind.

In any event I thought I would ask experts before buying.

Califone International: Headphones (Wired)

Here is a link I'm not sure which ones I really want exactly or if I should buy from them. They're all pretty cheap, really.

thankyou

 

Durable Headphones

Thanks for your response, I didn't originally notice this was a UK website, if you don't live in North America you definitely wouldn't have heard of Califone. Califone is a company that has been making sound equipment for the US and Canadian public school system since the 1940s they are most notable for their line of portable school record players, I have one of these and, considering it has only one speaker, is about the size of a medium suitcase, and was made to play sounds for film strips, sounds amazing. It's built like a safe which is what motivated me to look them up when I wanted some durable earphones



Most of the headphones I've had were cheap no-name ones, but I have had a pair of phillips earbuds that the speaker fell out of, a pair of "ATA" headphones that the cord ripped out of, and a pair of headphones that you get free on Air Canada flights there's nothing wrong with these other than they have terrible audio quality and are very quiet. I currently have some Sony earbuds but they refuse to stay in my ears and tangle up all the time.


Most of the time I use headphones to listen to online videos and watch movies, Sound quality isn't the most important thing to me as long as they sound alright. They don't need to be audiophile quality. The DJ headphones seem far to large for me to fit in my computer bag. I don't use Headphones outside of the house very often but I would like to be able to take them with me on trips.

 

Go with Audio Technica

Honestly, I believe Audio Technica offers the greatest durability compared to other name brand high end headphones. They are very well engineered, and built to handle a beating as they are made for professional and personal use. I have owned many pairs of Audio Technica; you can't go wrong, and you won't be disappointed. I hope I was able to help.

 

over the 100+ headphones I've owned over the past 5 years AKG have always seemed to be the most solid.

 

Some time ago has been using AKG brand.

 

Well, I can recommend you NOT to get the Beats by Dre. For some reason whenever my headphones start to fail, it's always the left ear. All in all, none of them lasted very long but I don't know if it's just a problem with me and the way I use my equipment or with the equipment itself.

 

Not bad idea, thx!