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Any cable, I tell you ... any cable. Ruined multiple USB cables, and almost went through two Laptop charger cable.

Replaceable cables have always been a high priority for me. I've been using SHURE SE215 for almost 2 decades at this point.

Ehh I'm not considering it a dealbreaker. Easy to splice and fix 3.5mm. Donors found at thrift stores or in your drawer (or remaining length of undamaged wire).

The issue is on the headset side. Some can be tedious to take apart and replace the cable.

Why take it apart? You can just cut it mid line and splice directly to that. Chances are the failure point isn't right on the last bit of the headset end of the cable length.

IME it's either at the plug side, or at the headphone. I've never had a cable go bad in the middle. I think it's the same kind of issue as apple's power connectors: they always go bad next to the connectors.

I've had headphone cables break in the middle as the cable got hard and brittle from body heat / sweat over time.