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
Straight away I can tell these are inferior to my he-500 but they are better than my work pair. Compared to my he-500 this feels a lot more restricted/smaller sound stage. Bass feels less punchy and looser than my he-500. Also I find it to not be as fast as my he-500... Like in some speed metal songs its harder to tell the drumming when it really picks up in speed. It sounds blurred in comparison to he-500.
Sounds good so far and its unfair to compare to my he-500 but its what I use everyday. I haven't finished my headphone test play list plus I need to get used to it for a few days to really appreciate the differences from tracks I normally listen to.
Few things I noticed is how light it is compared to its looks. You would think it would be a fairly substantial weight but its not... And anything is lighter than my HE-500 hahaha. The packaging wasn't very protective. I noticed the bubblewrap and the carboard was almost worn through from the hadphone hinges under the weight of some heavy object. BUT i don't notice any damage. The wood is beautiful.
I might invest in some ebony cups
He-500 and Lyr the bass is tight, has good extension, and i cant explain it... it adds bass to parts of songs without making it sound like a bass head headphone but very articulate and clean? I didn't realise how fast these headphones were. It makes music, especially female vocals, sound so lush and juicy (whatever that means). Huge soundstage.
The e-mu team plus o2 These sound more neutral compared to my he-500. Bass is good but I don't get the same punch and extension. Guitar, drums, and cymbals sound more realistic. I think the Hifiman may exaggerate instruments but in a pleasing and clean way. The teak also, in comparison, have smaller soundstage sometimes it makes some tracks feel distant. I can't explain it. These sound incredible at lower volumes and exposed some background sounds that I never noticed before on my Hifiman. Some tracks the bass sounds just like my Hifiman but I don't feel the impact as I do with the hifiman. Some tracks the bass is not there but is there with force on my Hifiman.
Anyway I tried, I'm no expert so take my comments with a grain of salt. Regardless I'm very pleased now I have tried them with a solid state amp.