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
Did your HD 650 started sounding bad when the HD 800 came out? Did the HD 800 S started sounding bad when the HD 820 came out? Etc. Headphones are one of the best money spends hobby-wise IMHO. Why? In the obsolescence...sense, they never become obsolete like computers, cameras and other software-driven electronics do. God bless!
And no, headphones really do become obsolete - just try and listen to headphones from the 70s, 80s and early 90s...a lot of them sound horrible compared to today's standards.
I do agree though that we have passed a point in the development of audio/headphones where high fidelity has already been attained at mass market volumes and prices. The HD600 & HD650 are probably the most convenient route markers for this, they're old (20 & 15 years?) but were continuously produced till today - they're still the benchmark at which the sound quality is at an acceptably audiophile level. Yet despite their competence, there is room for progress, hence the introduction of the HD660S.
Though I must say, I haven't heard really old Staxes but I've listened to the Stax SR-009 - which, even after 8 years, I still consider to be one of, if not the most resolving headphone out there. I also haven't heard the old Orpheus from the mid 90s, which reviewers think is the last word in resolution and clarity in a pair of headphones, but there you go. Exceptions.