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
Your final question: EMI is always there, the trick is to effectively shield it. Note that your audio cables are round. This is for a reason. They are two-conductor. The center conductor carries the actual audio signal. The other is a braided shield wrapped around the center conductor. The shield is connected to ground on both ends, and is very effective at blocking EMI. So it's likely that the cables do a good job isolating your phono from noise. However, this isn't possible at the phono cartridge, which is designed to pick up magnetic 'noise', and if you hold the lamp close to the cartridge you will certainly pick up noise. It's always best to keep your audio equipment isolated from all other electrics - both on their own circuit and physically away too. Note that many people use RFI and EMI interchangeably. RFI is radio-frequency interference, typically caused by and effecting radio transmitters and receivers. But in radio, you're always concerned about harmonics, which often dip down into a range that interferes with audio. Hope this helps, and yes, this was the wrong place to ask and I'm equally guilty for answering here...