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I love these budget headphones for multi-purpose reasons. However, I do want to note that if you are considering this, be careful if you have kids:

When these drop on a hard surface, the headphone tiny fake plastic screws (they look like screws, but they just "push in") just pop out and are a ROYAL PAIN to pop back in. The are a smooth cylinder shape with a small, vertical opening to hide a tiny cord in - if you can even find it, after it pops out (hoping you do, since it's a choking hazard to kids/pets).

Well, aligning the tiny cord with only a few mm of space is almost impossible without getting a tiny flathead (and flashlight) to help you align it. Even with the tools and lighting, it takes me a good 15 minutes each attempt at 100% focus.

Parents know that even if you put all effort into putting things out of reach of kids, they often find a way (or take advantage of having to quickly put it down for some reason or another).

TL;DR: This thing can't handle the tiniest fall from desk to floor without annoying fake screws popping out that take 15m and tools to put back.

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[–] AntOk463@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This shouldn't be careful if you have kids, but instead careful if you have others around your house. Once I opened my AKG headphones and showed my uncle, and he wanted to push the diaphragm in. I'm sure he was just playing around, but I had to physically pull it away from his hand.