I love the sound of Sennheiser headphone and will not buy headphone from anyone else . I have two different sennheiser noise cancel headset for travel , a hd555 for home , earbud for the gym , and I buy the hd218 to wear while walk my dog . like Mindme , I also find problem with the headphone be too loose on my head -lrb- and without comment on what be in it , I have a pretty large cranium -rrb- , and the cord on mine also break quickly . a comment I would make for the manufacturer be that if you be optimize a headphone for ipod , then the cord length ought to be right for have the thing in you pocket . I be a pretty tall guy , but when I have the ipod in my pocket there be still way too much slack in the cord with the result that it snag on everything around the house from door catch to drawer pull to my dog paw . combine this with a connector backshell that do not provide much strain relief to the cord , and you be go to see a lot of cable failure . on the upside , this headset make a ipod sound like a piece of serious audio equipment and they be comfortable enough to wear for hour .