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 my first 2~3 hours with the HD6XX I decided to try going back to my HD598. Right away I could tell a difference, this surprised me since initially I was thinking they almost sound the same. When doing a direct comparison, the HD598 definitely sounded thinner and less enjoyable overall. With the HD598 I could still sense the changes in the lower frequencies by the way it sounded, but it lacked fullness. Kind of like listening to music in a regular family sedan, vs a luxury vehicle with 2x the amount of speakers. That said, I still would not call these a bass heavy headphone, and compared to my Logitech G933, these cannot provide even half of the deep rumbling bass that those can. (I'm not saying the G933 is a better headphone for music, but don't expect a HUGE amount of bass from these open backed audiophile-grade headphones, they're still tuned for accuracy rather than a V curve). Before directly comparing the HD598 and the HD6XX, I didn't really think there was that much of a difference, but there definitely is.
I find with these types of headphones, if you've just been listening to music with speakers + subwoofer, you need to give your ears 10~20 minutes to adjust, at which point the 'flat' sound will completely disappear and they will sound very rich and full.
Initially I found the clamping force quite strong. I thought I'd get used to it, but after 1 hour I was in pain. This never happened with my HD598. So I decided to *slightly* bend the head band (by the metal portion) and now these are possibly more comfortable than my HD598! The headband padding/design is *definitely* more comfortable. When going back to the HD598 I immediately notice a hot-spot on the top of my head, where with the HD6XX it's divided, and as a result the headband is much less noticeable. The clamping force is still much stronger and the pads are stiffer but I don't find it uncomfortable anymore, these don't move around when I lean back.
FYI, these are noticeably harder to drive. To achieve the same level of volume on the HD6XX as the HD598, I needed to increase Spotify volume slider by about 20% (I'm still not even passing the 12:00 position on my Schitt Magni v1, so this is not a problem). Overall I must say I'm a happy customer.