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
The mid range has me confused. I haven't decided if I like the mids on the K7XXs or not. There is nothing immediately screaming something is wrong, but going back to the X2s, they seem to be a little relaxed. It also seems to depend on what you're listening to. Nils Frahm's song Hammers is rendered very well, but Nina Simone's vocals in the song Baltimore aren't conveyed with the same sense of clarity, or even energy. Brian Setzer's song Scatman Jack just seems flat. However, if I bump the 3 to 6 kHz range up 4 db, they sound almost identical to the X2s, but still seem to lack a certain energy. I'm picking nits here. They're both fairly close, and the 7XXs are far from being bad. It could be the AKGs are more neutral, and I'm used to the X2 sound? Jury is out on this one.
I think the treble is good. Lots of energy, and they don't often cross the line into being piercing. (They do once in a while, but I have a penchant for being treble sensitive.) Clear and detailed. No complains at all.
So... generally speaking, I find that they sound a lot like the Fidelio X2's (which is a compliment in my book), but are a bit more flat/neutral right up until you hit the mid-treble region. Then they kind of take off. They are not quite as energetic sounding as the X2s. I dread imagining how I would try to describe how they sound vs the T20RPs. They sound wildly different: Dynamic vs planar-magnetic / open vs closed. Yeah, I'm not even going to attempt it.
They are very light. The ear cups are cavernous and comfortable. The leather headband is stiff, and I had to work it a little to soften it up. Once I did that, it was acceptable. They seem to be very accepting to EQ adjustments. The sound stage is WIDE. -W-I-D-E-
So, yeah... More burn-in required before I pass final judgement. (If there is such a thing.)