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
There are a long line of things I think are far more important in a BT headphone than the BT version number - the headphone drivers themselves, the DAC and amp used within the headset (any BT headphone has its own internal DAC/Amp), the codec (in my experience aptX doesn't help with sound quality, but definitely with latency), etc.
In theory, if all else is equal, get the latest BT version. But in reality, all else is never equal. It will make far more difference what IEM you plug into the ends of this, than the BT version does. You can feel comfortable prioritizing form factor, comfort, etc, over BT version. You won't be missing anything.
When looking at bluetooth for audio the most important things to look for are ATX and AAC (if you have an apple product)
APTX > AAC > SBC