I dedicate this day to my dearest earphones which are nearing the end of their lives. They are half dead now with the left one not working. Bought in early 2010 it has stayed with me for so long. A Sony product with red chrome colour on the necks. Awesome performance all along except that i had to manually fix the jack wiring once with cellotape. Just now I found out that the end is near. I remember buying a new panasonic one in early 2011 but they betrayed me and left me just within 1 day. And this guy just kept on through all the summer heat, sweat and dust. The rough travelling and the jerks. A salute to you my friend. I wish your recycled and meet me again some day. Do you have something just like this which if gone missing will hurt you?