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
Without getting too technical, the sound is beautifully represented. Like many have stated here before, the tones carry this sort of smooth and buttery quality that flows through anything you throw at it. The highs radiate purposefully, the mids are balancing and not convoluted as mids should be, and the lows... oh man the lows. So fun. Oh yeah, and since some of us are comparing Fostex variants, the stage on the teaks is subtly wider. Not ridiculously 270 like the more open back AKGs, but enough of it and in an effortless way, like my ears weren't ever "searching" for the music. I think that, to me, this was the most welcoming aspect of these phones. I didn't have to try to find the music or even certain tones, it was all just there, if that makes sense.
Listened to: Steely Dan - Aja Dire Straights - Brothers in Arms UNKLE - War Stories All Them Witches - Dying Surfer Meets His Maker Ryo Fukui - Mellow Dream Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged Digable Planets - Blowout Comb Henrik Schwarz - DJ-Kicks The Starseeds - Parallel Life Townes Van Zandt - S/T Gillian Welch - Revival
To name a few. Solid phones, pick them up if you get the chance! Your wallet will despise you temporarily, your cochlea will kindly disagree.
As far as the important stuff, it's weird because when looking at a spec sheet you wouldn't expect to hear a major shift in tonality, stage, or presentation. They have the same drivers (as far as I know from research), same impedance and similar sensitivity but Fostex forums love to talk about magnetic flux density and E-MU about their bio-cellulose diaphragm. Honestly, from a technical standpoint I wouldn't be able to tell you the difference.
What I do know is that the E-MU Teaks possessed a wow factor that was just never there with the PH. Don't get me wrong, the PH is a superb headphone with little room for grievance, but that little something kept bringing me back to the Teaks. The low end was more meaningful, responsive, and smooth. The highs shimmered but were less piercing. The mids, although pulled back just like the PH, have a more rounded feel rather than a sharp valley. Similar soundstage, but feels more generous due to the aforementioned fit.
Given a second opportunity I would have bought the Teaks and purchased the Ebony and Rosewood cups. The pads are so easy to take off and the cup screws are right there in plain sight.