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
If you don't want to mod them, get them and buy one of the Fiio amps and be happy. Planar bass for less than <$200 is a dream. These have MUCH better bass than stock T50RP Mk.II and much better than anything closed-back <$200 I have heard.
If you do plan to mod them, I may post a mod guide some time soon. They require much less effort than stock T50RP and will sound very good already without you spending 300 hours trying out different kinds of foam in them. The damping is already about 80-90% optimal, which is far more than I can say for some T50RP mods that I have heard, and I don't wanna brag but I have seriously heard a lot over the years...
Comfort-wise, I wear glasses, I have big head, I am in LA in a room that's "air-conditioned" by a fan. I haven't had any problem with them for the past 2 weeks... at 3-4 hours a day. The pads alone are worth more than $50, guys. They use some really premium material, and it shows. The Brainwavz hybrid pads have nothing on this, and I think the only pads that beat them are Sennheiser Orpheus pads for the HE60 and HE90! (yeah, I actually do have a collection of ear pads to boast about!)
Sorry if the above sounds a bit crazy! I'm just too excited! This one marks a milestone! It's raised the bar for a baseline T50RP mod. I think all T50RP mods moving forward should sound at least this good, or use this as the base for further exploration.
Massdrop definitely ain't getting this review pair back! I'm sending back to them a stock T50RP Mk.II cuz it costs the same anyway! Hahahahaha!!
It comes up every once in awhile on Massdrop, but seeing as how long the wait for this headphone is, it'll probably come before the we get any announcement of shipping for these headphones.
Here's Zeo's review of this and other portable dac/amps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve2HfON4330
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/firestone-fireye-hdb