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
1.) The BA driver is imbalanced, audibly and physically. They're glued in the stem of the iem but the L/R do not mirror. I assume they're assembled with the stems facing the same direction. (pictures provided) 2.) The DD produces great sub-bass, mids too. Main reason why I got these. 3.) Removing the cable is tedious. Where do I start... The plastic housing of the BD005 is very small and any skin oil residue will make them slick which makes gripping them difficult. Also, these NEED to be TWISTED to a certain point to be detached. There is no indicator and the L/R letters on the strain relief aren't a good indicator either as the cables don't mirror (found out the hard way and stripped my cable with vice-grip pliers). I will note this is my first time with the MMCX interface so I'm at fault too. Still works at least. 4.) Cable remains to be the best thing about these.
5.) Quality Control isn't so good. Left driver was making some fluttering sounds with deep bass tracks then a quick peek under the light showed why. Seam is also gunky, presumed to be poor repair attempt. Bought two pairs to swap the L/L and R/R for color variation, will now only have one pair with a spare for R (picture provided)
Maybe I got unlucky. I bought these from AliExpress, not Massdrop, so your experience might differ from mine. I got them for the 'fun sound' anyways, so no complaints there.
Album with images; http://imgur.com/a/sCwAJ