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
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I don't know if the M220s/K240s with a standalone smartphone would be a great idea, though. Additionally, like most of AKG's headphones the cups and pads are quite large on the head and the headphone as a whole is by no means small and doesn't fold up.
It seems like it might sound very similar... just lacking the soundstage which can be good as people in the other room can hear my HD 600. But it seems like HD 600 is still the flatter one but the AKG isn't that far off. So I might actually like it. (Tired of those bass only headphones.)
HD600 has like the best sound quality and flatness I ever heard from a headphone, but 300 ohms is hard to drive and most portable amps has the limit of 50 ohms or 150 ohms.
Also do you know if these would be good for monitoring sound levels while recording a video?