The headphones (or rather their cable) did not keep 6 months. The use was however low intensity: 1 hour a day, 3-4 days a week, cable wound around my MP3 player stowed in the front pocket of my backpack when I did not use. In addition, the sound quality was very disappointing: very few low and it took me completely disrupt the equalizer my MP3 player to have a good sound. Perhaps this is related but sound insulation was quite deplorable. Finally, the headphones from my ears fell regularly; I changed several times the tip (silicone?) but nothing worked. First time I've had this problem with headphones.