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
The LSR30X has an XLR and TS input for each speaker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLR_connector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)
Massdrop provides an 3.5mm to TS cable so they can be plugged into anything with a 3.5mm headphone jack, like you PC. https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-CMP-159-Stereo-Breakout-Cable/dp/B005HGM1D6/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1519093767&sr=1-7&keywords=3.5mm+to+TRS
If you have a better source like an external DAC with RCA outs that you can use a RCA to 1/4" cable like the one I have: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K39U1NE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
or use an adapter like this to go run to RCA cables to the LSR30X: https://www.amazon.com/DCFun-6-35mm-Female-Adapter-3-Pack/dp/B06XSC7XRJ/ref=sr_1_23?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1519094326&sr=1-23&keywords=trs+to+rca
You can do the same with the XLR inputs: 3.5mm to XLR RCA to XLR XLR to XLR
https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-GXF-132-RCA-XLR3F-Adaptor/dp/B000068O4D/ref=sr_1_3?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1519139947&sr=1-3&keywords=xlr%2Bto%2Brca%2Badapter&th=1
In the past they have been backed ordered and it took a bit longer to Receive.
Balanced works just fine if you discard one of the live wires (live wire #2 is the exact same signal as live wire #1, inverted), it's just more susceptible to hum and interference.
Sorry to be fussy about this, but I think you're trying to provide the definitive answer on what is a legitimately confusing topic. If you look at this picture from Wikipedia, the top plug is TRS (tip-ring-sleeve) and the bottom one is TS (tip-sleeve): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jack_plug.png/330px-Jack_plug.png;
TRS provides 3 signal paths, which is why it's functionally the same as XLR. I agree that XLR is superior to TRS if you have the choice, mainly because it's impossible to screw up; we've all had the experience of headphones not quite being plugged all the way in. TRS and XLR balanced connections have 2 live wires, with live wire #2 being inverted. At the receiving side, live wire #2 is inverted again and live wires #1 & #2[inverted] are summed, which should cancel out most distortion such as 60 Hz hum. If live wire #2 is not connected in the first place, it doesn't matter as you are summing live wire #1 with null.