The I paid $25 for these pretty decent ones, they go for $60 retail. Everything was fine and then I remembered the third reason this is trash technology: the screen thingie always comes off, or gets gummed up and has to be taken ‘ off, making it sound like something I wouldn’t even pay $5 for.
If it isn’t that, earbuds will either not stay put, or I’ll lose one, just one.
Just looked at portable BT headphone amps. Might be a worthwhile option to allow cord free use of any old buds/phones? I use bone-conduction BT headset mostly when away from the home.