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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2) You don't lose expensive headphones. I don't know what it is, but when you're spending real money on CIEMs, you take care of them properly. You don't throw them in your pocket. You wrap the cable properly (over-under), and you keep them in a hard case when not in use. Trust me, you know exactly where that case is at all times.
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6) If you're looking for a high-driver-count silicone CIEM, these should really be on the top of your list.
7) If you are balking at the price (or think that it's ridiculous), or don't want to go anywhere near an audiologist to get impressions before these can be made for you, these are probably not for you, and that's okay. if you have the money, these are a fantastic deal.
As for the CIEMs themselves I've always wanted to try one but I find there's so much loss between shipping of impressions, the actual impressions, time waiting and incredibly low resale value with respect to the original price.