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
Long answer regarding sound quality below since you're knowlegable in engineering! > Solid Silver: Allows electrons to move through the wire easier, thus less loss in sound quality, however they naturally have a colder sound signature and suit expensive Reference rigs. > Silver Coated: ~95% as good as Solid Silver as AC current likes to pass the outer edge of the cable (dubbed: "skin effect"), some companies don't produce pure silver for this reason. > Copper: Warmer and cheaper than silver, and most likely the best for these headphones. Slightly worse at conducting, but a high quality Copper cable > low quality Silver cable and will still be cheaper. Silver is only about 8% more conductive, but sound is quite sensitive. > Litz: This is a type of braid used with audio cables, instead of one solid cable, it is many thinner cables wound together in a sinusoidal shape. Thus making use of the "skin effect" and following the shape of sound. I'm not 100% sure about the science behind the braid's shape, but it makes a measurable change in sound quality. > Teflon coating: This is one of the best sound insulators for audio cables, only being beaten by vacuum sealed cables. In a normal environment Teflon is the best, but not 100% necissary as it can be 4x more expensive than other plastics depending on cable length.
TL;DR: Look for oxygen free copper, and if your budget allows it, a Litz braided wire. There is no reason to buy $800 cables unless you are creating a reference grade rig or are tyring to get a specific sound signature, and if so, read above!
>If I'm incorrect in my science, please correct me! I'm studying a different side of Physics ^^
Frequency depth δ=√(ρ/π.f.μ0) and whatnot.