@mngrif I was listening to music last night, and brought down the big headphones, portable amp and all the cablery needed to connect them all together. These can get messy and be damaged, specially the finer headphone lines, like you mentioned.
Good thing is that they have connectors at both ends, and can be replaced fairly easy if you get the correct part. Price could be a problem, so shopping carefully is needed.
I remember reading and enjoying some reviews about high end audio cabling, done with pure silver conductor. Lovely looking too, and a very fine conductor material. Not cheap, though.
Post a link to the cable you were looking at?