Oh well. An old Sennheiser HD 280 Pros adapter. Apparently they’re not made in one piece.
Had to take the pliers to remove it from my amp – 2 millimeters more and it would have been a pain in the ass to remove from there.
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Seen that happen with the mini jacks (3/8 or 3.5mm), never with the big one.
Is that a screw on style adapter?
Guess it was done playing music
That happened to me too. It just fell apart into a few pieces.
Yes. Ironically…
Screwed on to be sure it stays in place…
But the other half stayed in the amp. 
“Goodbye!”
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DOH! yeah that sucks. was curious because the monoprice retros come with a screw on adapter. i may stop using it lol. might be common with screw on style?
haha now i have almost convinced myself to take pliers to my screw on adapter just to see 
Oh well, apparently I’m not the only one.
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Maybe the more expensive ones are made differently. The one on my HD58X and T50RPs appear to be well built and I can’t break em in two.
Now I see another pros of balanced 4 pin connectors.
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Wireless for the win!
…Just kidding.
PRO TIP Just use the ones that don’t screw in and just leave them in the port that way they don’t break
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Individual banana plugs
I use the ones that do screw in so I don’t fuck up the 3.5 mm in my 990 cause replacing the cable would a be a bitch
Ive never had a problem with these from Sennhieser:
But the Dongle might be good if youre always plugging and unplugging:
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If you take off the rubber bits and unscrew the hex bolts at the bottom of the atom case you should be able to get out the 1/4inch tip.