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 have another T1 coming in the mail...
But, no worry, you will be caught in the rabbit hole with this involving and seductive sound, and spend more later. I have found a cable upgrade worthwhile. A pragmatic, cost/performance/quality, one can be had from Amplifier Surgery, but there are many.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/576188778/sennheiser-hd25-1-hd525-hd535-hd540?ref=shop_home_active_4
I just got a braided set of cables used off eBay, like the look and feel, for the next T1/HD600 gift set.
Resistors and solder, two noisy bastards we have to deal with. Just got Dueland cast resistors for the speaker project and I will let you know how the oyaide flows;)
I've thought about buying some pre-braided cables from eBay and then removing the terminations, but the problem is the lack of 4-strand options for balanced. And I also want to use my own y-splitter and perhaps add a ground channel.
Why ground? Well the stock 4-pin Hifiman He1000 balanced cables have 3 wires per channel, the only thing I can think of is the headphone needs a ground channel for some reason.