I bought two pairs of these about a year ago (one for home, one for work), and since then both of them have broken.The first one had a wire break internally so that half the time only one headphone worked. Later, the joint connecting to the bridge snapped off near the working headphone.The second one now has a broken wire, but _INSIDE_ the bridge (how does that make sense?). I still have the bridge component to the other one, so hopefully swapping it will give me one working pair of headphones and one very broken pair.Other than the durability issues, this is a great headset. For $80, though, I expect things to last longer than a year. I give 2/5 stars because things that are broken dont even get a chance to be reviewed in the other areas.