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
After receiving my gift, I immediately plugged it into my McIntosh MHA100 using only the amp part; low gain, autoformer set to 8-40 ohm impedance. Listening to a DVR recording of Adele Live from New York; her comeback after 4 years away and a vocal chord operation. Using the M9XX as the DAC over optical from the DVR.
Having just listened to the concert earlier, some songs with my HiFiMan HE-1000, some with my MrSpeakers Ether, I'm now listening to it fed as cited above using my newly delivered FAD Heaven V. Now, while it won't be confused with the former two headphones just cited, it certainly holds its own, and is not 'shamed' by the former two! There is absolutely no degree of 'suck' to it. Quite the opposite.
Stock, tips. Good comfy fit. Great soundstage (probably its best attribute), clarity, full bodiedness. As I am always critical of everything I own... It has more emphasis in the upper presence / lower treble and recessed the octaves centered around 500 & 1K than most my headphones, or that I normally prefer. But nothing objectionable. Just different than what I'd normally buy after auditioning; which of course could not be the case here. And these are fresh outta the packaging. I expect the hot spots in the frequency response to tame, bass and body to ease and everything to evolve. Another great offering by Massdrop!
I have enormous skepticism the V is that far off from the IV. For someone to come on here and blast the headphones as 'really bad' seems to be driven more by some 'ax grinding' than 'grinding sound' of the headphone. My recommendation is to take an opinion from someone who has been doing nothing but calling for a whambulance for the past few pages because the drop wasn't/isn't executed as he would want, with a grain of salt; and not representative of what these (mine), or those (the harsh critic's), can do.
What I'll believe is ... it can be a listener having a real dislike for the frequency response these have vs. what the listener prefers. That's very valid. Doesn't make these 'really bad'! they're not.
I was happy with the FAD Sonorous VI drop at its price. And I'm certainly happy with the grab I got out of the bag at this price. I've been made a FAD fan. Never heard of them before a few months ago.
p.s. Using the phone-as-source with the Neuron Player yields really good results for me too. Playing with an EQ reinforces my initial observation of this headphone's frequency response. Recessed around the 1K range; emphasized immediately above presence. Which is usually not my preference. And IMO could be what's behind the strong polarization shared earlier. But using the Neutron player's great EQ, I can dial-in a really great sound from these.
Similarly, people who got lucky in the drop will be positively biased towards the IEMs. As for mine (V aging) - great sound and comfort. Cord microfonics noise is annoying - but seems to be directly related to the cord hanging vertically down from the cylinders. Rotating 180* (cord up) greatly reduces the problem.