Had the 6th mid-range pair of earbuds crap out on me in the same way (broken cable near the earbud). Fortunately, they all broke inside the warranty period, so just got swapped/refunded.
Just used the latest refund to get a set of Shure 425s (as they have removable cables) which Amazon were selling at 40% off.
They're lovely. That is all.
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