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
Absolutely no disrespect, but with the headphone you mention I would stick to the gear you have. If you wanted to sneak your way into this hobby I might suggest a headphone like a Koss PortaPro X (https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-koss-porta-pro-x-headphones#description), or some Phillips SHP9500 (or SHP9500s which is the same).
When I had my Z2300's the laptop I was running them off of was introducing a lot of electronic noise into the audio stream. So when I picked up a little external DAC/headphone amp (a NuForce uDAC3) and connected the Z2300 to it I was shocked at how much better the speakers sounded. That was an older laptop and I don't have the noise problems with my newer laptops, but the internal DACs still can't beat the performance of my external units.
Never used expensive PC sound cards, but if you think the sound is clean then that may be all you need if you're sticking with basic low impedence (low ohm) headphones.
With the right gear, one may be able to tell the difference between a good FLAC file and a 320kbps MP3, but I can tell you that most of what I listen to is 320 mp3's (Google Play Music). I was using Tidal HiFi, but the service is terrible.
I have to get to work, but chew on this and let me now if you have any additional questions.
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-sennheiser-hd6xx