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
Since it's meant to be a reference / studio headphone, so the sound is pretty flat. Personally I'd prefer a little bit more emphasis on treble and bass, so I find the AKG K553 sound a bit boring for lack of better word.
For people who's on the same boat as me I'd suggest going for Philips L1/L2 instead. But for those that prefer neutral headphones these are great.
Most of the AKG line does this admirably and it's why I enjoy their headphones more than a lot of other well received brands. I would suggest looking into the AKG "Y" line of headphones if you want a little more emphasis on the lower end while still maintaining the characteristic neutrality of what AKG has typically attempted to achieve.
I'd imagine the neutral sound works better for other genre such as jazz or classical music. Though at least for the most part Philips L1/L2 are still consider as very "balanced" headphones tonally.
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Headphones are notorious for coloring the sound, particularly on the low end. (Getting accurate bass representation is a difficult thing at best.) When I read/hear about "bassheads" it makes me shudder. Perhaps it's more of a "DJ" thing than anything. DJ's are taking material put out by others and readjusting that original material. A headphone with exaggerated bass is just doing the same thing I guess. But that's independent of what's on the original source material, regardless of the genre.