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
EDIT: Just got them in 2/9/16.
First impressions - Fit and finish is perfect. I didn't have the issue with the cord manager falling apart. Headphones are very comfy although the tops of my ears to graze the suspended piece of fabric in front of the drivers.
I'm playing around with the EQ & sound card settings (PC headphones for music, gaming, movies, etc) but can vaguely tell there may be a slight boost in what's coming out of the left channel vs right at mid/high freqs. It could just be my ears, I'm not sure. I'll let them burn in for a couple days and reevaluate. I did notice that when I swapped old & new HPs I had the same perceived left channel be a bit 'brighter' and louder. So it's extremely likely it's my ears.
So far I'm very happy. Will update.
I hope your HP's won't have much imbalance
see 3rd comment from top--> http://www.head-fi.org/t/723025/philips-fidelio-x2/1410#post_11090577
btw. guys hows the replacement policy with massdrop, anyone had an experience?
I spent a lot of time playing with the EQ and listened to some mono sound files. I tried my Sony monitor headphones and my X2s. On both I perceive left a tad clearer and louder. I'm confident it's my ears. However, there still may be a slight channel imbalance, it just isn't bad enough for me to notice at the frequencies I tried. When I listen to music and don't try and focus on an imbalance it sounds great and balanced. When I start isolating the balance is when I can tell something is a bit off. My $0.02. I'm likely going to keep this pair and see how it behaves with more hours behind it.