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
And for use under noise cancelling headphones, I don't know how much these effect ANC. But I don't see why you'd want to use earplugs under a pair of headphones. If you want to block out noise and listen to something I would suggest one of Etymotic's IEMs like the HF5/ER3/ER4.
Living in Australia and traveling internationally the flights are long and noise fatigue can be an issue. Qantas hand out foam ear plugs during longer flights, however, I thought there might be a better option. Sometimes I leave the foam plugs in under my Bose noise canceling headphones.
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I don’t have these earplugs, but for my small-canal ears the Etymotic IEMs I have are the most comfortable silicone tips I’ve encountered yet. They don’t have the injection molding lines facing the skin in your ears, which always causes me irritation, but with Etymotic I even like the three-flange tips (which have the most passive attenuation). They’re also faster and easier to insert/remove than foam, and reusable.
I don’t like ANC headphones, turn on the circuit and it puts a pressure on my ears. They also work by listening to the sound coming at your ears and play back the inverse of that sound at the same/similar volume, and I know that scientifically that’s not just silent but it should also relieve the pressure... but they always give me a headache after awhile. So far, the Sennheiser PXC 480 has been able to stay comfy the most hours. Earplugs don’t interfere with how ANC headphones work, so you should be able to double-isolate without problems.
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Like I said, I would recommend one of Etymotic's IEMs. They block out a large amount of sound (more so than these earplugs, albeit the sound is muddied a bit). They might not be the most comfortable headphone for long flights but if you were going to be wearing earplugs anyway then it shouldn't matter. And I think they (or at least the ER4) also sounds better than the Bose headphones.
My first ”hi-fi” headphones were Etymotic ER•6i, which I bought at a Macworld convention in 2005 and I was able to compare against Shure and other brands... even the cheapest Ety had less distortion than several of the Shure models available back in the day. Now, I really like offerings from Audio 64, Empire Ears, Alclair, RHA and others, but my most often used are Sennheiser IE 80 S. I still have the Etymotics and the filter system ensures that they still work well after 13 years, but I’ve spent more money and tried different things. IEMs in general are underrated 🤓