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
First off, the comfort of these things are amazing. They were a bit difficult to put on but nothing that isn't doable. It probably also has something to do with it being my first time replacing ear pads. I almost never had an issue with the stock pads. I'd wear them for hours on end comfortably and without any pain. However, on random days, it would start to hurt my ears after like half an hour to an hour. This happened completely randomly and I could find no correlation as to why it happened on those very few days and not every other day where I wore them for even longer. Stock pads did make my ears very hot though especially during these very hot summer days. I'm glad I don't live in a hotter area because I hate the heat so much. With these earpads, I can wear them for hours and forget they're even there and they don't make my ears so hot!
I listened to some tracks standing right next to my sister. I listen to music at an average to above average volume level (9-10 ticks out of 15 on a Samsung Galaxy S8, around the 75% point on the volume line). She was unable to hear anything so as far as sound leakage goes for avg listening levels, you won't have any issues. At around 13 ticks, there is enough sound leakage for someone next to you to hear it in a very quiet area. My room with my AC on is enough to muffle it out so outside or on a train it would be difficult to hear. At 14 and 15 ticks, it's pretty significant although with a tight seal around your ears you might be able to get away with it except for someone standing right next to you outside or on a train.
I've seen a lot of people complain about the sound signature completely changing and becoming garbage, as well as a lot of people who say the M50x's are just bad in general lol. These are my first pair of headphones so I will obviously disagree with that as it's the best I've heard, so far, and it was the first one from my jump out of shitty $10 store earbuds. And I'd like to note that I am by no means a hardcore audiophile and have just gotten into the game but, in my honest opinion, these change the sound signature soooo little I can barely tell and definitely cannot complain for benefits I receive instead. The bass is just ever so slightly less punchy and that's about all I can notice. It's definitely nothing game-changing and not something you shouldn't consider these for.
TL;DR - Comfy, minimal sound leakage, didn't notice sound signature change besides ever so slightly less bass impact.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask and I'll try my best to answer them.
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