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
Oddly enough I've listened to my friend's TH-X00 and I thought it was pretty balanced and when I listen to my new E-Mu Teak I find the mid a bit recessed.
As far as I know E-Mu Teak should have more mid than TH-X00 but somehow when I listen to them the vocal sound far (and on TH-X00 I thought it was fine).
Anyone else have noticed this? Or do I need to run it for a few more hours?
I was using my friend's TH-X00 and my modded Denon D2000 (I put in foam to absorb midbass and felt cloth absorb treble, which in turn bring out the mids) as reference, so I find either of those have more forward vocal at the moment.
I guess I'll keep listening it for another week to see if it improves. I'll update this later, thanks again for the suggestions!
The vocal got a little bit closer BUT just for fun I tried putting on the Rosewood cup I bought a while back and notice the vocal is definitely more forward on the Rosewood. So just by nature the Teak cup do have more recessed female vocal (I think males are fine) but Teak do have better texture/details in the mid range.
I will make a separate thread later outline the difference between Teak and Rosewood and I'll go more in depth on that thread.
In this mean time this help tame down the midbass a little bit more and it's a simple fix. What you do is that on the side of the headphone they have those slots to make space for the headphone hinge, so I took some masking tape and blocked those slots. What I learned from modding T50RP is that more air = more bass = more bloated (T20RP anyone?). By sealing the gap making it more closed and clean up the bass a little bit.
It's a reversible fix so if you don't like it you can always peel away the tape. I think in general I like Rosewood's sound signature better however Teak has better soundstage and mid range detail so it's a toss up now.
Again I'll explain better in the other thread. Hope this helps.
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EDIT: Here I've uploaded the new post, which can be found here: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/e-mu-teak-headphones/talk/1920749
The mod is one use only so I won't be able to use it on my E-Mu. Though if you end up buying it please let me know how it goes.
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But some people choose to not use the ear cup portion of the mod at all or only use the leather looking pad. My guess is probably that the foam absorb too much bass for people's taste.
You can probably test it in stages or just use masking tape to temporarily attach the foam and see how it goes (the tape Lawton supplied is super strong so it will tear the foam if try to remove).
Just a heads up, thanks!
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EDIT: This was the post. https://www.massdrop.com/buy/fostex-x-massdrop-th-x00-purpleheart-headphones/talk/1911272
Let me know if you get the same impression or if you know anything else that would make it better sounding.
Thanks!