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
They sound as fantastic as I would have expected, exactly the same as the LSR305's. For the record, except below 200 Hz, I prefer the LSR305's to the LSR308's. They image better, have a wider listening sweetspot, and seem a bit clearer in the upper mids. They're both great for the price, and I'm not sure which I would take if they were exactly the same price (the 308's also play louder, not just deeper), but of course this Massdrop price is lower than either the 305's or 308's have ever been. The 305's with subwoofer would be better than the 308's plus subwoofer, if that makes sense.
If you get these and are willing to experiment, play around with extremely close near-field listening, like 12" to 24". It's an interesting way to listen that minimizes the effect of room reflections, and these are great candidates with the drivers 5" apart and pretty close to phase aligned (i.e., the tweeter is recessed).
I did have a further thought on the LSR308. I think the tweeter is crossed over lower to meet the woofer are more like 1.8 kHz instead of 2.2 kHz, and this makes it the upper-mid/lower-high-end portion sound a little more congested. Also, the big Achilles heel of these speakers is that the cabinets are pretty thin and resonant, and this has got to be a lot worse and more audible with the much bigger LSR308.