This should be considered a product endorsement.

So a lit­tle while ago I splurged and bought a pair of Ety­mot­ic Research 6i Iso­la­tor ear­phones. They’re excel­lent. But I’m not writ­ing to extoll their virtue on the basis of per­for­mance alone. No, I’m writ­ing this morn­ing because I ran them through the laun­dry — washed and dried — like an absolute dunce. I was sure they were fin­ished, but lo and behold they remain in per­fect work­ing order.

I am grate­ful to Ety­mot­ic Research’s team of engi­neers and the man­u­fac­tur­ers who ensured that they were water­tight. Thanks.