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
A Bluetooth receiver would be another option (Fiio BRT1, etc.), those usually have a mic so you gain call functionality when using it. BT has it's downsides and all but those things are tiny and quite convenient for calls or when SQ isn't that utmost priority.
If/when this drops again I'm more than likely in, and I'll get Lindsey from Impact Audio Cables to make me a really short cable to wear with one of my BT receivers. (I tend to clip it to my collar etc.)
https://www.null-audio.com/collections/iem-headphone-cable/products/brevity-s-5n-occ-copper-earphone-cable
I might pick one up just to try it... Though I think my ideal solution would be a really short cable terminated to 2.5mm balanced (so I can use it with one of those BT adapters I mentioned, I happen to have one that supplies more juice over a balanced connection) AND a 2.5mm female to 3.5mm male TRS extension.
That way I can just plug in the extension when I wanna use them straight out of my phone or w/e without having to unhook the cable on the IEM constantly. Will need to see if Lindsey can build this...
Null Audio also offers a $75 cable in choice of terminations with a built in DAC and a Lighting or Type C connection, for those who have phones that dropped the 3.5mm jack... No clue how the DAC they're using compares to the typical $10 dongle tho, the cable is certainly pricier. They have some specs on it, mic equipped as well.
thanks for sharing the info! :D
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Alternative: get a portable bluetooth amp (fiio uBTR isnt great, but BTR1 is fine, mpow adapter works decent but is outdated and doesnt have the qualcomm 8645 chipset, radsone earsonics is most pricey but best option, but you'd have to use the balanced cable because unbalanced output impedance is 2 ohm measured and balanced is 1 ohm).
Fiio btr1 is only 50 bucks, has trash range because they put bluetooth into a metal box (????) but it has a sub ohm output impedance and a nice chipset, and wont break the bank. can be used with many different headphones.
KZ iems have a TRZ or TRN or something bluetooth cable, only 30 bucks, but i havent heard good things about it. LEAR has one too but its 100 bucks and has a high noise floor, not good for these IEMs.
The android specific mic cable is something you wont be able to find, you'd have to custom build that because of how the volume controls work. But all mic cables (generally IOS friendly) will at a minimum work for pause/play.