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
many companies have released products with specs undisclosed: Unique Melody's Macbeth, Noble Audio's Savant (until someone went as far as deconstructing it to reveal the drivers), a number of FitEar products like the Aya, fitear, and so on. based around the idea of: "stop adhering to specs, and just purely enjoy the sound"
and with a prominent company like HiFiMan, predominantly leading the market for planar magnetics along with Audeze, it's a no-brainer they're not going to compromise in terms of sound quality.
Here's the thing - people want to know what they're buying. These are all new headphones and people will be investing their money into them (be it a lot or a little depending on how well off you are, that's irrelevant) so they want to know what to expect. What's the best way of figuring out what they sound like without actually hearing them, especially given the lack of reviews? Knowing what kinda driver they use and looking at measurements.
I don't like measurements either, I like a lot of headphones that measure poorly, I don't care much for graphs and specs but you NEED to know what you're buying. Can you blindly purchase a pair of headphones? Of course, especially when they're affordable, but what's affordable to some may not be affordable to others.
Can you guarantee Joe over there is gonna like the way these sound? You can't, but if you could tell him "okay these are slightly modified 400S drivers and they'll sound more/less x or y or z" then he can more accurately judge what he's getting into. I agree with what you stated regarding HFM's reputation but I also sympathise with those who don't aren't as keen on buying blind.
At this price, I am curious enough that I may end up with a pair, even going in blind like this, however, I fully appreciate the curiosity of it all. Having something to compare to, something that you know, or have gathered enough varying opinions on, is greatly beneficial in the subjective world of audio reproduction.