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 am guessing the warenty is the issue but they had a great deal on the T1s which I got.
@Delete There are lots of reasons why people want expensive end cans who aren't into perfect audio reproduction. I am interested in the 650's despite having AKG 701s and the Beyer T1s both with are much more accurate. I have heard the 650s and they are really smooth and rich sounding and are FAR from accurate but the sound is very fun to listen to when you are in the mood for it. No one would buy tube amps if they were only interested in accurate reproduction. People what what they want and how they want it to sound. The 650s are fun and so are the T1s and the HD800s. If you only want accurate sound look at the latter too. But these are great fun cans and probably the least accurate headphones (from true highend manufactures i.e not skullcandy, beats, etc) in this price range.
Also, I'd say the K701 and T1 are NOT "far more accurate" than the HD650. The K701 is brighter and leaner than neutral, and the T1's have incredibly peaky and uneven frequency response (seriously, the DT880's objectively measure better than the T1's). While the HD650 is on the darker side of neutral and don't have Stax/HD800-like resolving ability, they commit fewer errors than almost any headphone out there. The HD600/HD650 are at the precipice of diminishing returns.
I've lived with flagships for years (HD800, LCD-2, ESP-950, most recently the LCD-X) and have decided to "move down" to an HD650 + Bottlehead Crack (or Schiit Vali) rig. I get just as much (if not more) enjoyment out of a HD600/650 + Crack rig than I do on a rig costing 5-10x as much.
@questhate: "uneven frequency response" - hah!
Either way I said the 650s are more fun many times that other headphoens. Either way the best headphone is the one you like best, though I find it hard to believe anyone would have HD800s, and LCD2/X and downgrade to ONLY the HD650s as you have suggested. That is just silly as they are all very different headphones and to pretend that one will satisfy your needs when your looking at having many high end cans does not make sense but again the best headphones are the ones you like the best
I don't think you know what your talking about., like you said above, you are only guessing. You sound silly and make zero sense.
Regarding comments about the T1 -- I was simply offering a counterpoint to your assertion that they are "much more accurate" than the HD650. I owned the T1 as well a couple of years ago and they did not last long before they were sold. The performance was simply not in line with other flagships, much less many mid-fi phones. As with all in this hobby, IMHO, YMMV. But no one has to take my word for it, just looked at all of the measurements on sites like Innerfidelity and Changstar. Look at the frequency response, harmonic distortion, square wave response and CSD measurements, and then compare them to even "mid-fi" phones like the DT880 or HD6xx. Not to mention the notoriously bad QC. I hope you got a great deal on the T1's. Personally, I wouldn't pay $200 for them.
@jerseyboy You may have been right abut the 272 deal. I had heard about it and used it as a price reference. I did not know it went very quickly thank you for the info
I agree with you with regards to the K701-- I had K702s. Very neutral, a bit lacking in bass (though the bass they had sounded beautiful). And they had absolutely BEAUTIFUL soundstage going for them. But the K701/2 wasn't very fun... "too" neutral IMO. Worked well for classical and jazz, and super great for acoustic/singer-songwriter, but was lackluster for rock and electronic.
Looking forward to going back to a set of Senn's (the brand that started my audiophile quest many years ago), and matching these 650s up with some tubes.