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
Lastly, there is a placebo effect in audio. Many enthusiasts doggedly believe that the more money they spend, the better sound will be. At the high end, you can easily spend $50,000 or more on specialty components for that audio 'pop'. If I had that kind of money I would feel guilty buying that kit. Also, since I've been around for a while and my hearing isn't what it used to be, the benefit would be illusory. Unless you're a musician with a fairly big income, it's a waste. Except for speakers. There is a definite increase in quality for speakers related to size and expense, but there are also many expensive speakers that cost a lot but don't deliver. So be prepared to spend most of your system budget on speakers, say 40 - 60%
Except for the extreme high end, the high fidelity audio hobby largely died in the late '80s. The audio magazines that reliably reviewed kit went out of business (computer magazines have too), and the web has not really picked up the ball.
Most people are satisfied with relatively crappy digital music recorded at low bit rates and have never heard decent high fidelity audio. But the digital revolution did give us cute kitten videos, and that somewhat makes up for it.