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
If you got a budget at the MSRP, then perhaps you might want to look at 64 Audio's U4-SE offering on Massdrop, or the U3 directly from their site
Then again, sound is a subjective thing. I'd say, find some place where you can audition everything and then decide from there
The 535 is a 36 ohm IEM, so all of my DAC/Amp, and phones will probably make it sound darker since it's got OI less than 1/8 of the headphone impedance
Personally, I think that the 535 might be a capable headphone but it severely lacks updates that make the sound still relevant. If you find the FR curves online, and compare the raw responses with each other you'll actually find that it's 10 dB weaker at the 9k region. Now, this also might be my tendency to prefer a more balanced, perhaps even reference sounding signatures (I own an MSR7, which was well regarded as a bright headphones) and to me, I really prefer that it's more balanced.
The low OI helps, but it only goes as far as to eliminate the variances in impedance. And to me, at least, in this case I really want that extra variances to boost up the 9k onwards
The 535 might work well for you, but it certainly does not work well with what I usually listen. hotly mastered track would work well with these, but it dulls down oldies and many of jazz recordings. It eliminates the airiness and the sparkle too much for me to actually appreciate it as a technically capable IEM. Sorry about that