Pogo, the breakaway magsafe-like audio plug. Something like this would’ve saved me the pain of my previous post. However, I’ve now moved on to wireless headphones and won’t be going back.

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/24/4654762/pogo-magnetic-headphone-connector-concept

Update: turns out Pogo was killed by patents and never made it to market, so the wait continues: https://www.fastcompany.com/3016412/magsafe-for-headphones-is-here-and-patents-have-already-killed-it