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
For fun, I made a short playlist of some songs I think sound great on the HD 650 (and thus HD 6XX). There’s a pretty good mix of stuff... maybe this could be fun to familiarize yourself with while you wait, and then see how they sound with the HD 6XX once they arrive?
https://open.spotify.com/user/evshrug/playlist/1ayeHWCdxJzNNzDVORlcTt?si=NcHWFMBwSTm09D7XCA-KxA
I kept turning the volume up to try to get more out of them and it made my ears ring. Its taken about 2 weeks of limited usage of them and using speakers till my ears have mostly healed. I'm wondering if it was the volume or just earwax buildup? Either way I am kind of disappointed in my self. I am usually really careful about volume but sometimes with iems it is so easy to turn it up too high. I'm being extra careful of volume in general now. I want to keep enjoying music.
ears ringing is a sign of going too far, and as you get older you’ll start hearing the ringing even when nothing loud happened. I think Tinnitus unfortunately is as common as nearsightedness (they’re not linked, I’m just saying), and permanent. You may not have it yet though. Here’s some great research on safe listening levels and times before hearing damage:
http://dangerousdecibels.org/education/information-center/decibel-exposure-time-guidelines/