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
First thought: OMG THESE ARE SO COMFY!!!!!
As cliche as it might sound; what I got fully delivered on the promise of being comfortable to wear. In terms of on-ear comfort; these are tactically superior to my well-loved Velodyne vTrue References.
Second thought: not as Punchy on the bass as I was expecting. Admittedly the first sound card I hooked the headset up to was a Vantec USB break-out box; so not really pushing the envelope on delivering absolute sound quality. I did try the headphones against a Kenwood VR-405 receiver fed by an Asus Xonar's Optical Out atop Tanglu/Debian; and against a Topping NX2s fed by a Nexus 5. Subjectively compared to the Velodyne's the HE4XX is much less aggressive on a bass slam and requires a slightly higher volume level set by the amp for the same feel of volume on the ear. E.G. a setting of 50 on the Vantec using Windows is a comfortable play-back volume; the HE4XX was pressing 72+ for the same feel.
That being said; the HE4XX's are, to my ears, subjectively better than the Velodyne's across the mid and upper ranges. I feel like I'm getting more of the intended audio spectrum when playing tracks ripped from CD's to FLAC; or bought from Itunes using Apple-Lossless. (I prefer Google's Play Music over other Music Services; but Google is overly vague in detailing just how lossy the high-quality cached tracks are so I'm not sure it's a fair comparison of the Velodynes to the HE4XX on GPlay Music Streams)
While I'm not confident that artists like "The Piano Guys" or "Joe Satriani" are recording and mastering with lossless-quality playback in mind; and while I'm not sure I'm capable of articulating the exact audio differences between the Velodyne's and the HE4XX; I am sure that what I got was well worth the price I paid.
I usually find myself eq-ing the bass up on planars just a tad to get the sound signature I'm used to enjoying.
The HE4XX are also less susceptible to loss of sound from head-movement. The Velodyne's are more of an on-ear set than an over-the-ear set; so getting the best sound often means keeping my head still.
Considering that the HE4XX are considered and priced as entry-level, and the Velodyne Vtrue's came from a company with a background in subwoofers and a $400 launch price, I consider myself quite impressed that I can even think of comparing the two. I'm looking forward now to the upcoming Grace/Massdrop O2+SDAC; since I suspect that may help the HE4XX shine even brighter for me.