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
When I read the "in other words" qualifier ("go-to" songs), that sounds more like the honeymoon period of initial critical listening. As an engineer, it used to drive me nuts that everywhere I looked for recommendations on how to audition speakers, the recommendation was always "listen to what you know." Surely there must be some objectively good tracks to use for objective listening purposes, right? But after spending hundreds of hours of critical listening, A-B tests, etc., I've learned that it's easiest to appreciate nuances and ferret out repeatable differences in A-B comparisons when I'm listening to music that speaks to me, because I know it intimately. So start there.
Finally, I could rattle off an endless list of tracks I've visited while listening for what my gear can do (Delerium - "Innocente" ft Leigh Nash; Pink Floyd - "Run Like Hell" and "Goodbye Blue Sky"; A Perfect Circle - "Counting Bodies Like Sheep..."; Beck - "Say Goodbye"; Imogen Heap - "Bad Body Double"; various stuff by Nine Inch Nails and Tool). But sometimes I just want to hear "Awesome Sound" by Ween on the most ridiculously high-end equipment available to me. Because I can. Don't forget to have fun and enjoy the journey.