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
Ask Brooko, one of the head-fiers, and you’ll get some clues.
“Pros: Sound quality, build quality, visual appeal, open sound, value, channel matching, ability to change signature with covers
Cons: L/R markings hard to see, 2-3 kHz peak (can be sharp with vocals)”,
“POWER REQUIREMENTS: The Monk Plus are 64 ohms, but with their sensitivity of 112 dB they can actually be driven well out of most portable devices without the need for any further amplification. Saying that though, I did enjoy the Monk Plus immensely with the FiiO X1 paired with Martin's Hybrid Valve Amp – especially with a little cut to the mid-bass”,
“SOUND QUALITY:…For my testing I used the FiiO X3ii, no EQ, low gain, ...
Overall Detail / Clarity
- Reasonable balance with heightened mid-bass
- Relatively good detail retrieval although sometimes slightly overshadowed by the mid-bass
- Cymbals have reasonable presence and decay
- Guitar can be slightly sharp with the upper-mid boost
...Sound-stage & Imaging (+ Sibilance)
- Quite open sounding
- Good sense of width and projection is just out of head
- Not a huge amount of overall depth – could be the heightened early upper-mid bump.
- Imaging is very good and separation of instruments is far better than its very low cost would indicate
- Immersion is good (applause section of Dante's Prayer) with impression that crowd is around you. This is continued with the holographic presentation of “Let It Rain”
- Overall I would all the staging as open, but realistic and slightly intimate rather than expansive.
- Sibilance is revealed in “Let It Rain” - but not magnified
....”--from VE Monk Plus – Practically Unbeatable Value, by Brooko@head-fi
url: http://www.head-fi.org/products/venture-electronics-ve-monk-monk-plus/reviews/15998
--from VE Monk Plus – Practically Unbeatable Value, by Brooko@head-fi
Besides, DJScope@head-fi shared his mixed feeling weeks ago:
“I got the VE Monk randomly with a review sample of the VE Duke IEM and the VE RUNABOUT portable amplifier. Inside the package was this very plain looking earbud which I didn't even look twice at. I simply picked up the ziplock bag it came in and lobbed it into a drawer, and never thought of it until today…",
" …What I got is this wonderfully open, natural and organic sound signature with a very natural and effortless soundstage and imaging. Sound performance that I've not experienced before in an earbud. So then I went asking around. And to my absolutely surprise, I find out that these VE Monks are worth 5 freakin' dollars. $5?... $5????? $5?????????????????????????????????????????",
"This just might be the best value for money earphone/IEM/headphone that has been ever made. For $5, you cannot deny this statement. I own it! I'm actually considering going out and trademarking this statement. But seriously, this is absolute madness!”
--from Venture Electronics (VE) Monk & Monk Plus: a $5 earbud that taking the world by storm!!!, by DJScope@head-fi
url: http://www.head-fi.org/t/783669/venture-electronics-ve-monk-monk-plus-a-5-earbud-that-taking-the-world-by-storm
Maybe you are still figuring out whether it’ll be your cup of tea. Don’t stop exploring, gals and dudes. Let’s talk about Monk Plus and share what we know. One thing I can say for sure is that we'll definitely go deeeeeeeeeeeeeeep into the holes for more details.