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
You WILL need different pads with the MkIII, so figure that into the total cost. I can barely tolerate the stock pads, and my fingers aren't dexterous enough to install the HM5 Hybrid pads I have. I'll probably give them the ZMF pad and headband treatment.
It's never my intention to be a stick-in-the-mud, but I'm so taken with my new MkIII's that they're my new low-price standard, and I had to share :)
Fostex rates the Mk3's for 3000mW max input power! That's amazing as well, IMO you needn't worry about blowing them at all with the Schiit stack :) All my other HP, I have to guesstimate the amount of max volume I can give them for single-song rock outs. If the power rating from Fostex is correct, I'd have no worries at all with Mk3 turning it as loud as the amp (or my ears, whichever comes first) can go.
But yeah, I went with cow hide for the bass and durability. I can't stand flaking of the stock plastic and lamb skin might be too thin. The mids sound the same as the stock and increased distance doesn't affect the sound. They squish. The one thing I picked up from Zs review. I'm not sure how the lambskin will hold up though.
Just be weary that the weight changes and the pads are angled, so the headphones sit angled on your head a bit. Reddit has a ton of reviews on ZMF pads for the MK3s.
Reason I bought the MK3 and a little bit about pads.