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
Back home I hooked it up to my usb audio interface (Steinberg UR242) connected to my Windows 7 PC. Hell, these can't be the same IEMs I'm listening to using my Apple stuff. The sound is totally opened up, with bright and airy treble. Plugged it back into iPhone - same muddiness. So it can't be because of running in. Crawled under the table and hooked it to the onboard Realtek soundcard, fired up some noisy rock songs. It is less bright compared to the UR242, but still miles better than the mess heard on iPhone (without the treble booster).
This is not an Apple bashing post (I do all my work on my Mac), there is just something about the default EQ on MacOS that does not work with this IEM. Don't give up on it, I think it's one hell of a driver packed in there.