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
Please read all of this carefully.
The last 36 hours have been incredibly exciting. We launched the K7XX at 6am PT Monday morning and you’re on track to eat through the first 2000 units by midnight tonight. As stated in the product description, we expect this first batch of 2000 units to ship out by December 17th with domestic orders arriving in time for Christmas.
That said, we’ve been getting lots of questions about the remaining 4000 units. When will they drop? When will they ship? Initially, the second batch of 2000 units (these are manufactured in lots of 2000) wasn’t supposed to arrive until mid-March with the final 2000 units arriving even later. Today we spoke with AKG and, given the aggressive demand, they were able to speed up their production schedule for the community.
When will the next 2000 units be ready to ship? Mid February 2015.
When will the next 2000 units be available to purchase on Massdrop? Tonight.
Once the 2000th unit is purchased, we will not close this drop. You will still be able to join the drop, but for all purchasers beyond the 2000th, your expected ship date will be February 17th 2015. To make this as clear as possible we’re adding a note in the product description and adding a drop down at checkout where purchasers will have to specify they accept the Mid February 2015 expected ship date.
While this is great for people discovering the K7XX, there is an unfortunate catch for our international members. Because of AKG’s exclusive international distribution agreements, we will be unable to continue shipping K7XXs outside of the United States. To be clear, current international orders will not be affected, you will receive your K7XXs. Going forward, Massdrop will only be able to ship K7XXs to addresses in the United States. I’m sorry it has to be this way and hopefully it will change as we grow.
All in, this is an incredible drop. It’s shattered every record already and we can’t wait to see what happens to the next 2000 K7XXs.
This drop would have never been possible without your support.
Thank you.
- Will
When will this go into effect? After the initial 2000/4000 units or right away?
Thanks for bringing this up! Looks like a glitch we should have fixed by later tonight.
Existing international transactions will not be effected in any way by the update.
Would it be possible for massdrop to do a drop of just the pads and headband for those that got the q/k70x?
I am so over corporate bullshit like this, these companies need to get with the times. Also, why have international shipping an option and then suddenly change it and screw people over who were looking into this product, not cool.
They are also a mass drop exclusive, its not like international distributors are even going to get these (but those rules/contracts/regulations that even stop products they wont get their hands on getting distributed suck). Super sad to be screwed out of this.
Thanks for your post! I'm also sick of this kind of thing : (
We do our best to make as many products available to as many people as possible. I wish we could continue offering international shipping but it is out of our hands at this point.
International shipping was kept as an option for as long as we could to service our international members as best we could.
Thanks for understanding and sorry we can't keep shipping overseas : (
Also another question. Will the AKG 7XX headphones themselves say "First Edition" or is that just the 100xxxxx s/n marking on the inner wall of the headband? And obviously the first edition on the box as well.
Sorry about that, the shipping price you're seeing right now is just a display glitch we're working to resolve.
If you need to change your address feel free to email support@massdrop.com and they'll help you get sorted out.
Headphones just have the 1000xxxx s/n marking on the inner wall. First edition printing is on the box. Idea is the 1 at the beginning signifies first edition, just wanted it to be more subtle than adding more print.
JK I'm not quite that irresponsible with my money
But either way, it sounds like everyone will be very happy with this product. Great job massdrop.
Thanks for your feedback! I'll be sure to add that disclaimer to our drop pages. It will clearly strengthen our vendor relationships and lead to long-term benefits for you and the Massdrop community.
Of course, it's a bit over-the-top language, but I really think no company should get away with this. Why don't AKG have the final say here? Why do the distributors want the deal when they would never sell this thing anyways?
Regardless, I get that it's out of your control, it's just that AKG/their distributors need to know this is not okay. Either offer it internationally all the time, or don't at all.
If our proposal is "rip up all of your distributor contracts so that Massdrop can sell internationally, or don't sell on Massdrop at all", I can tell you exactly what the result will be.
I'm speaking in generalities, as it applies to a lot of different vendors and categories on the site.
1. In the case of the massdrop editions, the headphone (I assume) was made specifically for massdrop. Massdrop doesn't have any competitors since you guys are the only ones selling the product. 2. If there is no way around these agreements, would it be possible for massdrop to do a limited run to each countries distributor? 3. Which brings me to a point someone else made (BloodyPalace page 40) Why block countries such as Canada that don't have an official AKG distributor? As far as I know, in Canada, all of our AKG headphones are brought in by independent importers.
2. (I guess) if MD were to drop these to local distrubutors, then the distrubutors would have to 'Mass Buy', where they would most certainly request lower prices. This would hurt MD's profits and thus would explain why they would be unwilling to do so.
3. I agree with you.