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
Just found out about massdrop, figured I'd see what kind of headphones were on here... and if any were a good deal for gaming.
Appreciate the help! Also, hopefully I'm not too last minute... as the akg k7xx goes out in 4 hours haha.
Recommendations for $100 or less headphones Sennheiser HD500 series headphones (open back). There's a second wave of 5xx series headphones, do your research. headfi.org is a great resource. ATH AD700X. I've never had these but, according to reviewers that know a thing or two, it has exelent imaging, not very wide soundstage and is quite clear but lacks bass. It lacks bass because of it's VERY open design. Beyerdynamic DT990,880, or 770 pro 250 ohm (used) Superlux HD668B. Wide soundstage, poor imaging but it's less than $40. Some simple mods can go a long way though. Sennheiser HD598Cs. Closed, yet sounds open, may or may not find for less than a hundred dollars. It's marketed as a portable headphone but i've found to be too nice and the materials are too easy to get dirty.
DAC/amp for under $100 SMSL SD-793II Fiio E10K less powerful, reported to sound thin compared to SMSL, even using the amp out on the SMSL which hinders the DACs quality ever so slightly. Schiit Fulla 2