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 definitely have the closed-back headphone lack of broad soundstage. Overall, I find them to sound slightly muffled, but very musical and non-fatiguing. The foam over the drivers probably contributes to that. The mid-range is wonderful. Vocals and acoustic instruments seem to be their sweet spot. Bass is a tight, significant upgrade over the ear-cutting Sony MDR-7502's that I may never put on my head again. They would not appeal to bass junkies, like my son. His big, blue, bass-boosting Sony phones work fine for him. I ran the Matrix2's through my new gear playlist and found these three selections (see below) really put a smile on my face while listening, which means the phones lack any pronounced peakiness, and can deliver a decent punch when the material presents it, as in the Paul Simon song. (I also listened to quite a bit of classic, alt, and punk rock, as well as jazz, soundtracks, pop vocals, and chamber music.) The physical comfort and lack of shrillness, boominess, or sibilance means these can be worn for long periods of time. I think I found my new daily drivers, and at a price that was very very sweet.
Luke Brindley - "Wrecking Ball" - you can hear the round wound quality of the guitar strings being played Kate and Anna McGarrigle - "Heart Like A Wheel" - this masterwork of vocal and instrumental overlays sounds distinct and poignantly sweet Paul Simon - "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" - mid-range to die for and a nice bass punch that made me respect the way these phones handled the bottom end