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
Very initial sound impression wasn't very good. Then I switched from listening to Madeon to listening to some DnB (MRSA definitely made an appearance), and I've transitioned into other music and now back to the Madeon track I was listening to and my impression has improved. This track was a bad choice initially—it's pretty bass heavy, but that's really accentuated by these headphones—but coming back to it after getting a feeling for the headphones changes my impression.
As I've listened, the soundstage has expanded a bit. It's not a huge soundstage, but it's not the worst I've had. These really highlighted how wide the soundstage on my Westone 30s (also bought from MD, which can't stop selling me headphones) is, since I came to these directly after using those. Again, the track I first listened to colored my perception of these: it has a very much centered bass track, which makes the soundstage sound shallower than it actually is.
These headphones are pretty bass-heavy, but that's not a problem for me. A few years ago, when I was just getting into higher-end (as in not the very cheapest I could get) headphones, I thought I wanted neutral sound, but I've since realized I like having a tuned sound (and a bit of a focus on the low end in that tuning is a good thing). These are *more* bass-heavy than I'm used to, but the bass isn't (normally) overpowering.
Having tried these out for a bit, I think they may be my new desktop headphones. I was using my ATH-M40xs for a while, and last week I picked up a pair of AKG K240 Studios that I haven't used a lot yet, but these are light, comfortable, closed-back, and sound pretty good to me. If I want a bit less of a bass focus I'll go back to the M40xs or the K240s, but I'm pretty happy with these sound-wise.