None headphones related, I’m pretty happy with the gear I have now.

IEM: Truthear Zero Red

TWS: Moondrop Space travel

Dongle: JCALLY JM20

Cable: Tripowin Zonie

And this is also all that I bought this year.

Do they stills work? Great.

Do they not work? Nothing you can fix.

Wired headphones are a magnet, a coil and a membrane, in some simple plastic housing, soldered to a cable. That’s it. There’s not many things to break.

Wireless headphones also have an antenna, a receiver, digital to analogue converter, audio processor, buttons, usually a microphone with analogue to digital converter, LEDs, charging circuitry, further processing and more microphones in case of ANC, and finally a magnet, coil and membrane in more complex plastic housing to house all the components. Yeah, they’re more fragile than simple wired headphones which are made of a handful of parts.

TWS are even more complex, because it’s basically two wireless headphones separately (each has their own charging, battery, receiver, DAC, mic, ADC…) and everything is even smaller.

You seem to have been extra unfortunate with your headphones though, I’ve had my Sony WH and WF XM3 for 4 years now without issues.

Uhh Kpop is all I listen to, now you made me consider a new IEM… How does Nova compare to Zero Red? I find those quite enjoyable already, would Nova bring a new experience to music for me?

I was looking for shp9500 a while ago and they don’t seem to exist anymore in Europe, at least not for a normal price. 9600 is readily available though.

You could try AliExpress, the listings seem legit, they’re around 80€. Or maybe try the Sennheiser HD560s

It does what it’s designed for, but it’s not designed for running.

AliExpress - Sennheiser cable

Truthear Zero Red for me and Moondrop Space Travel for my wife. Both are great, especially the Space Travel really surprised me for the price.

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Moondrop Space Travel