headphone cable annoyance

frustin · 15 Dec 2020 at 14:51

My headphone cable is pretty heavy and thick. I was wondering if there was a device to take the weight and keep out off my shoulder? My mum and dad used to have something similar (to what i'm thinking) when they were ironing.

COYS · 15 Dec 2020 at 15:47

Are you thinking of something like a mouse bungee?

frustin · 15 Dec 2020 at 17:24

COYS said:
Are you thinking of something like a mouse bungee?

yeah that sort of thing

The_Arbiter · 15 Dec 2020 at 19:31

Cable extension and route cable behind you is another option.

Eliagon · 21 Dec 2020 at 17:07

Was there not a trend on reddit where headphone owners were hanging their phones from the ceiling, over so they floated next to their ears? Increased sound quality I hear.

I am sure it was a joke...

Ninco! · 21 Dec 2020 at 20:15

I get where OP is coming from! To me, they are so tightly wound, they always seem heavy and highly taut; so the perceived tidy or usefulness factor is lost on me. I have a set of headphones with a coiled cable and they drive me nuts!

I added a basic extension lead, not the most elegant or sophisticated fix. Messy to tidy away though, a tangle magnet.

For future headphones, I vowed to avoid the coiled cable variety as I am ignorant to the pro's over standard straight cables?

Glanza · 22 Dec 2020 at 09:10

Are the cables removable, on higher end ones you can like my Sennheiser's so I bought a new cable that took all the weight out.