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
Best answer from google: http://blog.shure.com/top-8-microphone-myths-exposed/ Many USB mics feature the exact same condenser mic element as the XLR version used in studio recording. USB models provide the same high quality sound signature; the primary difference in the models is the interface to the next device.
I think about it this way, the usb and xlr AT2020 both cost $100, but the usb version has to do 2 jobs and the xlr version only has 1 job. So the xlr mic can do its 1 job (detect vibrations and turn them into an electrical signal, also called an analog signal), and let something else (an audio interface) do the analog to digital conversion. The 2020 usb has to do both things for the same $100, so the analog/digital conversion is not as "good".
Really the only thing that matters is that it sounds the way you want it to sound. If you have a music store close by, go in and test both out. Pick the one that does what you need. For YouTube vids, podcasts, live streaming games, or anything like that a usb mic will do just fine. If you need every detail of an acoustic guitar to be recorded perfectly, invest in a nice xlr condenser mic and audio interface.