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 can't think of any good reason not to wear earplugs. They're fairly cheap and take almost no time to put them in.
94 dB or louder, about the volume of a gas lawnmower, will cause moderate to severe permanent hearing loss the longer you hear it sustained over an hour. Rock concerts can hit peak volumes up to 115 dB (or more, if they’re insane and you’re close to the PA speakers). At over 103 dB, you can start to cause Noise Induced Hearing damage after 7.5 minutes, at 115 dB sustained it takes just about 30 seconds. You probably won’t go deaf, not right away, but you’ll lose some higher frequencies, it’ll get harder to make out what words people are saying in crowded spaces, and the more you do it the more you’ll hear a ringing sound in the background... eventually all the time. It’s permanent and irreversible, no pill or surgery can bring back your full hearing. Hearing aids don’t make sound clearer, just louder, and they’re thousands of dollars.
Source: http://dangerousdecibels.org/education/information-center/
And besides all that, like I_Need_Money said, your ears actually tense up and produce extra earwax to try and protect you from harm, and actually will muffle the music you came to hear. Most career musicians wear hearing protection on stage... why wouldn’t you?
I'm already living with distracting constant tinnitus, I'd like to keep what hearing I have left.
The earplug provides 30-40 dB of isolation, but the speakers inside playback safe sounds normally and blasts at quieter safe volumes. This way, you can talk at shooting ranges without shouting, and if you’re hunting you can still hear the environment/prey.
They’re a bit pricey at $300 though, and once you ”activate“ the batteries they drain regardless (like all hearing aids). It’s a luxury compared to cheap earplugs and muffs, but for a regular hunter or competition shooter it might be worth it.