Sennheiser PC37X randomly goes bad after disconnecting the cable ?
Greetings, Yesterday I was using my headset like normal with my macbook, just listening to music and on a call with people like usual, and the headset was perfectly fine. The stock wire that came with the headset is extremely long and yesterday it annoyed me very much that it kept getting tangled with itself, so I decided to see if the cable is replaceable. I pulled out the cable from the headset and saw the adapter, and looked online for a replacement. Upon plugging it back in, the audio sounded extremely muffled and washed out. Im not sure what I did wrong to make it mess up like that as I've always taken good care of it, ive had it for about 2 years and its always just been chilling on my desk, but anywho I thought the cable just went bad and ordered a replacement. The replacement came, and the issue is still persistant, so I am not sure what the issue is I've tried multiple different headsets and the issue is not with the port, and I also tried it with my windows laptop and...
Apr 23, 2024
**UPDATE** So it turns out that DHL just sucks at tracking. Got my unit today and can confirm that there is at -least- a one second delay in audio over USB on Windows 10, if not two. Not the worst problem in the world as it can be ironed out by a proper driver, though admittedly we'll have to consider ourselves very lucky if that ever happens. For now, I'll break out the optical cable. That aside, this unit really does sound good and clean. I had to reduce the low side on my Foobar EQ because it made me realize how muddy my settings were. Bluetooth pairing was a piece of cake as well. Also sounds great. Volume control works on my iPhone, for what that's worth. The only real issue I've had was my own fault. I thought I had a defective unit because every time I turned it on, I would get blinking lights and no audio. Turns out I had the volume knob turned all the way up, and as a safety precaution it doesn't output audio when turned on at max volume for obvious reasons.
If your motherboard lacks SPDIF, I recommend an ASUS Xonar DGX sound card. It's PCIE x1 and can be had for $30.