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
Disclosure: Drop sent me this headphone on a short loan in exchange for sharing my thoughts here and on the site I work for, MMORPG.com. No money or review guidelines were exchanged, and the HD 8XX has been returned. Before continuing, context is especially important here. The first thing to know is that I had these headphones on a very limited loan. Due to some personal obligations, I was only able to spend about two days using these them (thanks to Drop for extending the loan a couple of days to make that possible). Second, the HD 8XX is my first experience with the Sennheiser HD 800 line, so I can’t compare to the originals. My experience with headphones above the thousand dollar mark is also somewhat limited. I’ve tested the HIFIMAN RE-10D, which is more expensive, but pricing isn’t everything. Instead, the experience I’m bringing to this review would include the HIFIMAN Arya and Sundara, HD 6XX and HD 58X, Audeze LCD-GX and LCD-1, the BeyerDynamic DT-177X GO, and Dan Clark Audio AEON Open X. These are some great headphones, but it’s worth bearing in mind.
Sennheiser’s team, lead by Jermo Koehnke, reached the bass solution pretty quickly, but our goals for the midrange proved demanding... bordering impossible. After significant research, Sennheiser reached a solution; altered acoustic impedance in the transducer's dampening material to smooth the FR from 2.5k to 8k.
This means the transducer in the HD 8XX is unique, it’s a new ring driver. In terms of frequency response, here’s how it compares (solid line = HD 8XX, dotted line = HD 800S):