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
pinschegavacho is right. One size won't fit all. A little over a year a go an ENG crew recorded a presentation at my work and brought an ME-66. The acoustics in the room wreaked havoc on the mic, so they switched to a lavalier plugged into a portable recorder that the speaker tucked into a pocket. Turns out that was the right tool for the job.
So much of the time the culprit with low recording quality isn't the mic; it's the acoustics in the room. Rooms with hard surfaces tend to have a lot of internal reverberation. This makes recordings sound harsh, brassy, or full of echoes. Even a high quality microphone won't be able to fix bad room acoustics. If you already have a recording setup, take a look at your room treatment first, then start looking at other mics.
One of the most entertaining and most instructive looks at this that I've found is this video from Booth Junkie, in which he converts a shower stall - one of the worst acoustic environments - into a vocal booth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wjc_Hv5xAQ
It's well worth going through his other videos if you're already doing interviews and product reviews. They're chock full of good info, from setting up a recording space to how to set up your DAW to efficiently edit VO recordings, and even include microphone comparisons. Good stuff.