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
Personally I had a few headphones in the past, based on recommendation from head-fi members. Even when they describe plenty of bass, it's really not that much in reality.
I think it has more to do with music they were using to judge the headphone which could be very different from what you're listening to.
I even compared against an old, crappy pair of in-ear Samsung buds that came with a cell phone from 6 years ago and they have more bass!
Go to this site and download the frequency response test (specifically 10hz to 200hz) and the driver matching test. Once downloaded play them both and see if the audio, specifically the bass, seems off or if one driver is louder than the other. It's a possibility you may have a faulty headphone (loose connection or something). FWIW I can hear the bass around 20HZ.
Edit - I used this site: http://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_frequencychecklow.php and at my typical listening volume, I heard nothing until after 30 Hz. However, if I crank the volume, I do start hearing it at 20 Hz. So, I guess they're not defective.
I am not using an amplifier. Would using one help for that particular scenario?