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
I've noticed this happens with both direct lossless transfer from CD from the 2011 deluxe box, MP3s, and YouTube versions of the song from 2011 and earlier masterings. This distortion isn't audible when I test the same track using my TFZ 5S IEMs nor my Grado SR80i headphones. Since the Noble X is the nicest set I have, so I wanted to make sure I didn't just get a defective unit. If someone else could test this track with their Noble Xs and let me know what you find and/or provide some explanation for why I'm experiencing this if it's a common experience with high-end IEMs, I would greatly appreciate the insight.
Here's a YT link with the song from the 2011 mastering that faithfully reproduces the distortion as mentioned above:
https://youtu.be/hdCH7ZewAfY
P.S. If someone knows how to turn off the massive video preview above, I'll be happy to accommodate.
Side Note: "Audiophile" favorite album "Come Away With Me" by Norah Jones. Good songs, but not an example of good mastering to me. The vocals are distorted. On the title track, for example, listen to 1:07-1:09. The "Don't Know Why" vocals are distorted out of the gate and really apparent. I think it's an error on this album.
(With Paul, it sounds like intentional color/texture/processing...) Cheers!
Garbage in garbage out