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
I suspect most would say you'll get the best out of the set with an amp.
My suggestion is to wait for the headphone first, plug it into the back of the computer (the front I think has less power don't quote me on this though I'm not 100% sure) and see how it sounds. If it's too quiet or anemic, see if you have a Realtek Audio Manager (not the volume control), and then under the Analog 'Back Panel' area see which port your headphone is connected to, try double clicking it, and if a new window pops up make sure the output is checked as "headphones" instead of speakers. This will make things a bit louder, if that's not an option or if it's still too quiet then you'll have to look for an external DAC+AMP.
Will you hear a difference between your $30 gaming headset and the HD6XX? If you give it enough power yes you'll definitely hear a difference whether it be in your games or listening to music. If you play FPS games and stuff you'll probably hear things that you couldn't before, which might help your gaming experience a bit.