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'm all for opinions and helping people out but what you just said almost objectively misinformation, I'm not categorically denying that may be what you're _perceiving_ them to sound like but if you're going against the very fundamentals of a pair of headphones and give a very unpopular opinion then please do add a disclaimer to your post saying "YMMV" or something along those lines.
Also FWIW the TH-X00 on the other hand are known to be quite harsh up to, they are (semi) closed Fostex headphones after all, though the Ebony are slightly less abrasive than the mahogany according to reliable sources. They do have more powerful low end however, that's undeniable but it is also a given considering they're closed backs.
Not sure that attempt at "schooling" was warranted however as you have no idea what I have or don't have but unfortunately your assumption is incorrect - I owned the original TH-X00 mahogany from the first batch (sold them to pre-order the also semi-closed ZMF Atticus about a month ago) and I've had HD650s for coming up on 11 years now. The Ebony are meant to sound ever so slightly different and more balanced than the mahogany, eg. some of the brightness should be smoothed out but they're still Fostex headphones. Have you heard the TH900? TH600? T50s? 20s? I have owned most of them and heard the ones I didn't buy, they're all pretty harsh in the upper registries, at least out of dead neutral solid state amplification.
Maybe due to the overpowering bass on the Purplehearts you cannot really tell that the upper registries are finnicky, could be for a number of reasons. I'm not dismissing your opinion but Google HD650 review, click any or all of them, if you find a single one that describes them as bright or "brighter than x" please do link them here, I'd love to know (not being sarcastic). I'm not saying veteran reviewers (such as Tyll from Innerfidelity for example, who by the way also provides measurements and graphics that objectively explain the HD650s tuning IS warmer tilted) should make your or anybody else's opinion redundant but I'm sure you understand what I mean.
I guess it's still my bad that I'm not very knowledgeable on things yet. I appreciate the correction, but it seemed to come off a little harshly in the first comment. I respect that you don't want people misinformed.