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
I still use my akg Tiesto 267 as my driver for daily commutes or anything travel-wise but it's getting unweildy because of The wire.
I‘ve noticed some excellent bluetooth headphones since the 4.0 era, with no bitrate loss over Spotify Premium‘s 320 kbps MP3 high quality setting, 256 kbps Apple Music AAC, and the equivalent setting on TIDAL (though TIDAL does offer higher options), and they truely sound great with low or no background hiss (the Sennheisers are noticably good at this).
I have a PXC480, the wired version, and I love how it folds up compact, looks great and not bulky when worn, and yet has an actually large enough oval earcup, sounds great, but after upgrading my phone to an iPhone 8+, I wish I had the PXC550 instead. Right now, I’m making it work with a Bluewave GET, but you have to use the GET’s microphone on calls. Having the GET as a remote connection (and decent amp) is fine, but truly wireless would be more convenient.
Unless you are taking high res FLAC files or a SACD with you, and plugging in a dedicated premium DAC like the iFi Micro iDSD BL or Chord Mojo into your phone with the appropriate adapters, there isn’t a better way to connect headphones to a smartphone right now than Bluetooth or WiFi. And last year, Bluetooth 5 devices have begun to appear, promising more potential bandwidth than an uncompressed audio CD can output. If range is desired over KBPS, then Bluetooth 5 can actually still serve Apt-X LL or more bandwidth than Apple Music, Spotify Premium, or TIDAL Premium will try to use, and still be able to maintain a stable connection at over 200 feet away.
The only remaining issue is latency while gaming... unless you are streaming bluetooth audio using Apt-X LL encoding (which takes 20ms), everything else takes longer and there is a perceptible lag out of sync with the games. With video, smartphones are smart enough to also lag the video output to keep lipsync, and audio only obviously there isn‘t a problem with lag.
That said, my next headphone purchase is planar magnetic and Bluetooth, AND it has a built in DSP for virtual surround and head motion tracking.