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
I wanted a 3-pin mini-XLR jack, but you might want a 3.5mm or a 4-pin balanced mini-XLR. The soldering process was very easy for me, and this is coming from someone with very limited experience with hardware soldering. Of course you're voiding the warranty, but it's worth it to replace the long-ass cable and allow broken cables to be fixed, imho.
I got lazy near the end and hot-glued the jack in, since it wasn't fitting properly. A word of warning: put the jack as far to the back of the cup as possible, or the driver won't fit in. you might even want to grind down the side of the jack. Anyway, it's a little ugly, but it could be done cleaner by someone with more patience. Feel free to DM me on twitter if you want advice with any of it; I'm hardly a professional, but I like to think of myself as slightly competent. Slightly.
Products I used: Neutrik Rean RT3MP 3-pin mini-XLR jack (B&H): https://goo.gl/cEbsyq 1.5m braided 3-pin mini-XLR cable (Amazon): https://goo.gl/DF46TH Dekoni Premium Sheepskin Ear Pads (Massdrop): https://goo.gl/jbJoXm (Amazon): https://goo.gl/9VPvB2
Pictures of the results are on my insta, if you're interested: https://goo.gl/tZeRL1
Also, here's a diagram showing the correct pin polarity for a 3-pin XLR: