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
Not an audiophile, but here's what I can say: Overall, compared to my Monster Inspirations, huge difference. In soundstage, clarity, and even the bass (less blaring, deeper). Interestingly my Soundblaster card was more designed for these than the Monster's with better impedance matching, but on my phone it still sounds miles better. I expect I'll get better sound with a long burn-in planned.
When I first used them the left cup had distortion.. I panicked and thought it was that bass rattle issue, turns out it was my wireless adapter interference. The rattle issue comments were making me paranoid :P
At $275 CAD, it's a solid purchase, and completely satisfied.
Pics! EDIT: No pics, no response when after upload :( Second EDIT: Turns out it wasn't wireless interference after all, something is either missing in the right cup, or gaining distortion in the left. It's very subtle but you can clearly tell the stage is leaning towards the left.. It's frustrating to say the least. Hoping burn-in will fix it. Third EDIT: wtf? One hour of burn-in and right cup felt like it opened up, balancing it all out 0.o...