I have bought these in-ear headphones, I was impressed by the predecessor completely. However, it has shown to me the headphone cable are much less happened wertig already unpacking. The Old JVC had significantly thicker cables. What can also be due to the thicker sheath but. In my headphones keep never very long. Since I have day and night use. I mainly listen to language and very little music, which is why I do not put so much emphasis on the sound for music. But that decomposes within a few weeks the same plug into its component parts, which I had been in any headphones. Because I would have rather bought the old model.