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
Regarding the testing site and the frequency response graph there are a few things to take into consideration. It's difficult to compare the response of IEM's using balanced armatures to other drivers because of the way the sound is transmitted from the driver to your eardrum. The etymotic site explains that they need to attenuate higher frequencies on purpose to compensate for high frequency boost that is added to most recordings, which is clearly shown on that graph. The rest of the frequency response is flat as hell, right down to the very bottom, which is pretty good. You need to take the results of a graph like that with a grain of salt because getting accurate and comparable information from just a graph can be tricky.
That site seems to think that these monitors are a pretty good deal if you look at their actual review: http://www.headphone.com/collections/in-ear/products/etymotic-hf5
Also worth pointing out that there is a voucher available from etymotic for custom ear tips, which is the one that I used. It's totally worth it, having custom silicone in your ear is so comfortable and nice.