I had an old set of ear clips where the speakers were falling off their housings, so I tried super gluing them back together. Thought I had that solved, but the music on my phone kept cutting out. At first I figured it was my phone until I realized the wires were probably shorting or whatever, and this was causing the music to stop -- constantly. That's not acceptable, so time for a new pair, right?
For whatever reason, the powers that be have decided that there needs to be a generation gap in headphone technology in all department stores in which they're sold, at least around here. Sea after sea of uncomfortable ear buds, some '80s style headphones with the metal extendable band and plastic pieces, or the higher-end headgear with the large muffs. I don't get it, there should be at least one peg of them. Had to order those online, and even then it was slim pickings.