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
Just want to preface this with that I joined this drop with the nostalgic in tension to replace my dearly beloved modded T50rp that I gave away to a friend many years ago.
When received these beauties I felt the quality was much nicer than a usual pair of MK2 T50's but the sound left me wanting.
Anyways, opened up the cups by removing the screws (7) and then having to pry open the baffle from the cups as they are adhered with some kind of sticky/gluey lining. Once removed, the internals of the cup had hardly been touched. Only a bit of lining to the back of the drivers and fully open port vent at the bottom of the cup which had the stock felt tape over it.
Just wanting to see if the usual easy mods can make a difference to the tuning of the T50's, I went and sealed up 3/4 of the ports with some duct tape (I know, not the best type but available at the time!), cut up some cotton sheets roughly 4x4 cm and plonked it in the cup to sit literally right behind the drive when it is all assembled.
Putting it all back together I actually missed those days of modding these headphones, especially when I got to fire it up through the MCTH. I seriously wasn't expecting much but hot damn, Hello midrange...oh is that a little more sub I can feel hrmmm and the treble....I can here some of that toasty hot treble that these things can usually kill you with (LOL). This is a NICE mod, little effort, with some appreciable improvement!
I'm gonna call this STAGE 1.
P.s the Baffles on the driver side are untouched and you could go to town with some artist clay and dampen it more!
Anyways, hope this helps!
Had a listening session with the mods last night and I can finally say these headphones have got their soul back! Much brighter and more coherent, might work on the bass mod some more as there's room there for improvements. The detail in the midrange has come up good and way more enjoyable!
Anyone not digging there MT-X0rp's do the mod, can't recommend it enough tbh!
Also: http://www.head-fi.org/t/452404/just-listened-to-some-fostex-t50rps-today-wow/2640#post_7768186 - BlueMonkeyFlyer.
Glad you're enjoying your HE4xx, by all accounts they are indeed a great buy! What amp you running with your 4xx?
I finally managed to climb up the planar ladder and got my hands on the Hifiman Edition X's (Gen 1). That's some audio bliss right there (you know what I'm saying!).