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 recieved mine on 10/1 and gave them about an hour of listening before setting them on the ipod for 24/7 burn-in for the better part of a week. I did listen to them for about 30 minutes each day they were burning....and have been listening to them daily for a few hours at a time, side by side with the 2 other IEMs I own, Super.fi 5 pros and UE900s.
My initial impression before burn-in was that they seemed really congested, esp in the mids/upper mids. The sound felt very compact and flat. As the days went by though, the sound did open up quite a bit. After about the 3rd day, there wasn't much more change so I think about 50 hours of burn-in was good for me. The sound overall I think is nice. They are quite midrange forward so vocals sound good, piano and other acoustic instruments also sounds nice. I do think they're a bit thin in the bass department. Not to the point that it's a deal breaker but they don't seem as full in the bottom end compared to the 2 UEs I have. Highs are fairly smooth and non-fatiquing which is nice for long listening sessions. Soundstage I would say is O.K.
The shells are pretty light so they're comfortable to wear for long periods, I'll probably be using these for traveling because of the comfort and because I can lay my head flat on a pillow since the earpieces don't protrude. The UE900s don't protrude either but it would be nice to use something different for a change.
Of the accessories, I like the leather pouch that's included. It fits into my pocket nicely vs the bulky (but beautiful) hard carrying case of the UE900s. The included silicon tips are a bit strange in the sense that the size jump between the mediums and the larges is huge. Unfortunately the size that would work best for me falls between medium and large so it takes some finagling to get a good seal using the large tips. I have yet to try tip mod like someone posted in another comment but probably will this upcoming weekend.
Luckily I haven't experienced the cutting off of sound like some others have, fingers crossed that I won't.
Definitely think these are worth the MD price of $199 + shipping. Wish they had arrived quicker (6 weeks to Hawaii!) but I guess they were worth the wait.