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
Is it worth picking these up if I'm going to be using them with the on-board sound card for a computer? Or would I need to get SoundBlaster or something to that effect to truly hear the difference in these headphones?
This includes listening to a variety of music, watching movies, and gaming.
Then you might want to look into a DAC for cleaner signal, with low noise to signal ration. Any external soundcard will be better than internal ones due to interference from other components. When considering a DAC or DAC/AMP it's best to try them out with the cans you'll be using it for and selecting based on your personal preference. For these cans you might be able to get away with a smaller dac/amp combo or just a dac (ex. Dragonfly, SB E3/ E5, ODAC+O2, etc.) as they don't need that much power.
Then when you feel like you want something a bit different you might try some other combinations in the future. The trick is to go slow and let your brain grow accustomed to the finer details of music over time.
Yet again, thank you for those links. I'm learning quite a lot. :D