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
at first, I tried plugging directly to motherboard and I barely hear footsteps. Then I bought O2 amp, footsteps improved but doesn't solve the entire problem. Bought the usb dac (mine is smsl idea) and magically the problem solved. Footsteps loud and clear, directional sound and accuracy are amazing.
My setup: Pc37x > O2 amp > USB DAC
as for mic, I just plugged it directly to motherboard, no complaint about the quality, although it can't compare to a standalone XLR mic, my teammates thought the voice quality is better than average.
this might help: https://www.soundmaximum.com/best-usb-dac-under-100/
if you wanna try your luck, go for DIY chinese dac/amp under 50 at ebay or aliexpress
downside is that it seems to be dac only, so you might need to buy separate headphone amp.
that said, buying cheap audio stuff is practically relying alot from your luck, you either get hidden gems or just worthless pebbles lol
Maybe it was a design flaw. Original pc373d came with usb soundcard. Probably they weren't tuned to be used with low power output from onboard soundcard. That's my suspicion.
sorry I'm french
Seems good with some positive reviews and recommandation on multiple site. i will try the rain sound this week end. thank you for all the advices guys :) love you... ;)