I think with wire he meant was what if the wire got screwed up in the middle ( strengthened and broken from inside the rubber covering). As most headpones loose there wires before the speakers. So he is asking whether the cable can be replaced if damaged easily.
The Philips are huge in size and in some time you feel as if some huge creature is sitting on your head Not that they are heavy or anything, they are just too damn huge. But the sound quality's good.. have to turn down the treble a bit. Rest is all boom-boom.
I'm currently using the Sennheiser HD202 headphones. They have excellent sound quality with just the right amount of bass and treble.
Plus a fact which I did not know before picking them up ( my uncle got it from the U.S of A ), they're quite small in size. So even after long usage, (and by long I mean 4-5 hours of TF2) you don't feel like removing them and throwing them away.