Sennheiser - HD 1 In-Ear Wireless

i loved my sennheisers audio quality but the build quality is shit, iv had the momentum in ear tw (original) and the right bud died after about a year, i upgraded to the 2 and the battery life went to hell in under a year as well as the case never seemed to charge them consistently, id have them in the case for a couple days and when i put them in they would be dead. i used the 2s for a couple years despite the issues and skipped the 3s but i got the 4s when they came out and a couple weeks ago the right bud crackled for a day then went out completely so i started using just the left and today it started crackling, its been barely a year for 300$ a pair i expect them to last longer than cheap walmart brand headphones

The horse-shoe neckband types are my preferred for riding a bike. I have earbuds like airpods (bose quietcomfort) and they are such a huge risk of falling out. My favorite ones I've had are Sennheiser Momentum IEBT Those got fried at some point and I bought some cheap chinese no-name shit off amazon for $40 and they work just fine. Earbuds always get gross though from earwax, that's something I will always hate about them. Road noise is loud and I can hear everything even with normal ear buds. Just don't use noise cancelling earbuds.

Depends, just look at Sony as prime example... No doubt it had best of ANC and sound but it is also pieces of trash....Last time got WF-1000XM4 when it initially came out, cost me around RM1200 .... Used it about year then suddenly one side earbuds battery drain like crazy...cant even listen to half and hour of music.... Then I brought sennheiser Momentum 1 with cost of RM800... Last me about 5 years and still going strong until today