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
- - Ring with a 2,5mm center hole (smallest hole available on the pliers)
- - Disk with one edge cut to create a side gap (quite small, maybe too small)
- - Disk with 3 holes punched with a thick needle
Observations: Applying the MP tape to the wax guard inside the nozzle is a little tricky, getting it off is quite difficult and I had to work very carefulliy with needle nose pincers to manage it. Once in place it looks indeed very clean. Measurements:- - Ring-disk: measured quite well, moderate damping of app 3dB with a narrow effect range mainly between 2,5 and 4 kHz, much less above 4kHz. Could be interesting if you want to have more 5kHz energy, 2mm hole would be another option with more damping, but I don't have the tool for it
- - Disk with cut edge ("Moon"): I had a small gap, just a little inside the edge where the wax guard is stuck to the nozzle, so the actual gap was very small. The damping was very strong, removing the 3kHz gain. Useless as such IMO, could work with a bigger gap though.
- - Disk with 3 needle holes: Huge, wide ranging damping, removing pinna gain and just leaving some resonance peaks. Clear conclusion: needle holes are far too small.
Conclusions: I went back to my front taping method, since it seems to have a more even damping effect, and most importantly it is easily removable without any risk of damage to the IEM. Visually it is not as attractive as the disk-on-filter, but my last mod held up well for 6 months and if you don't change tips often it is a simple and practical method. Measurements: Please only look at the differences of the curves.