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
That being said the plug is designed as a ¼ in (6.35 mm) connector; so this is NOT going to be the same jack as you'll have on your phone, tablet, or existing sound card... well... unless you have something like a Hercules Game Theater Xp or one of the Creative Sound Blaster's with a Breakout Box...
While you can easily use an adapter... and one is listed in the shipping components... to use these headphones on your phone, tablet, existing sound card... you'll very much probably want to invest in an amplifier of some kind with a 1/4 jack to make sure you can drive these.
I would and do use an amp with these from my computer; however, on a Macbook Pro it's significantly louder. You get way more power from a laptop than a cell phone obviously. 50% volume on the laptop is louder than 75% on the iPhone. That's probably where I'd keep it...If not lower.
So do you need an amp? No. Do you want an amp? Yes, probably. All that said, I'd reach for my, sibilant by comparison, AT MSR-7s on the go. They drive more easily, but more importantly - they are smaller and they aren't open. So I'm not going to bother anyone else with noise and I can throw them in my bag more easily (and without worry). These aren't the best headphones on the go and it's not because the ability or inability to drive them...But boy do I want to take my Hifiman's with me everywhere I go.