Steampunk variant of Doctor Doom is something I never even considered until now. Really though, pretty amazing. The bit of metal showing under the "skin" on the stage right cheek is an amazing touch!

Oh these are purely just for gaming or watching and listening to stuff passively while I work at my desk at home (wired, no blue tooth).

Doesn't need to be great or even good sound wise, just not super high boosted in the bass frequencies. Not looking for studio quality, this isn't for my sound board.

Something on or over the ear mainly since I can't do ear buds for long periods of time. Preferably under $20 but definitely nothing over $30. Build quality is what really seems to matter it seems which I have the trouble with finding. I can compare sound profiles of hi-fi recording and studio equipment all day and talk shop about that since that's what I'm trained in, but finding inexpensive and not too expensive definitely seems to be the kryptonite for me.

I'll look at those headphones you recommended though. Thanks so much and also thanks for any future rec's!

Oof, well I get what I pay for I suppose, just remember when almost $20 would get you a year without much issue and even then they'd hang on for a few years more (my last pair). This pair just seems to have more brittle plastic.

For reference, these are the 'Monoprice Premium Hi-Fi DJ Style Over-the-Ear Pro Headphones' that are under $20 but the first one lasted about a year before having this issue and this pair it happened within a month. Great headphones otherwise, but was curious if it's a known issue or maybe they're just too small for my normal-ish head and I need to look for a bit bigger of head for same size budget headphones.

Also, think duct tape will help in the mean time? I've only got that and packing tape, unsure what i may wanna use.