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
- Why do expensive audio cables sound better than lamp cord?
- Why does vinyl sound better than digital?
- If my ears can only hear up to 20khz, why does a speaker sound better if it can reproduce sound higher than 20 khz? (or... what's a "super tweeter"?)
- Why does lifting speaker cables off the floor improve sound quality?
- What's a phonon, and how can I filter them out of my equipment? (hint, search for "phonon bybee quantum purifier" and take a deep breath)
I'm headed back to the mechanical keyboard section of drop....- "I still say this R2R DAC looks kind of interesting. I would buy it because it's cheap, and gets reviews that seem to fit my own personal taste in audio gear."
Which is a pretty low bar considering all scientific testing has thrown out human subjects in the sorts of claims audiophile proclaim to be capable of. The reason for that being is the fallibility of humans and the unreliable track record they have for verifying scientific claims. But you're not concerned with scientific claims, that much is clear. You also speak of this being "cheap". I'm sorry, for normal people, in this day and age when you can get something like a Topping D50S that trounces this device in EVERY metric outside of dimensions that would suit a THX 789 stack aesthetic, and get it for $100 cheaper.. even that statement is unworthy of mention even if you attempt at salvaging it by saying "well it's cheap for me". Well you can throw your money at whatever you like. $350 for a device like a sole DAC in the final quater in 2019 with all the competition out there.. Is not cheap.- "The audiophile hobby is fascinating because it's such a strong mix of highly objective science (math, physics, electronics, acoustics), and highly subjective experience"
I don't understand why you would consider it a strong mix for you personally as that first half of the mix to you has no bearing on the latter. You flat out said mathematics and electronics have no bearing on how well music is perceived (again a fatally obtuse statement that you specifically chose not to elaborate on, even after I told you is makes no sense at all). And you conclude this portion by saying, "it's like debating religion". That is perhaps your strongest point in this and all other posts you've had. I am glad you understand the serious divide between people who believe things on "faith" and who believe things due to evidence.- "You're asking for a solely objective explanation response to my statements, which might happen if you spend at least a few years and way too much money buying, building, testing, and tweaking all sorts of audio equipment"
Apologies your royal audiophileship. How lowly peasants like us dare request clarification of your otherworldly indescribable transcendental machinations on a matter too unfit for words. Oh please get off your high horse. What bearing would my request for clarity have on you being at liberty to explain yourself? My theory is none, aside from the one being: You can't actually explain yourself because you have no idea what you're talking about, in the same way you would waste time with "anti-vibration" or "modding" of solid state devices, like the deluded lunatics over at DIY-Audio forum rolling opamps to no discernible difference, and only a possibility of degrading the performance of their devices. I don't need to spend two and a half decades to be capable of understanding a reply to someone I ask about the frequency response of a device. You're not the mediator who's going to tell me what I am capable of understanding or not without you making the statement first that will be investigated..- "Here's a few questions that will get you started in this journey"
Sorry you must have me confused with someone who would entertain a reply that was supposed to clarify the answers to perplexities raise by you first post, of which you now try to ask me to ask myself questions instead.. This is not a good start, and especially because all it is, is a diversionary tactic (and quite pathetic if I am to give my frank feelings on the matter). But unlike someone such as yourself, I at least do the common decency and suspend my usual mode of operation for the sake of deliberating in good faith. Of which now I will reply one by one to.- Why do expensive audio cables sound better than lamp cord?
Dumb question like the dumb post I first replied to. "Sound better" what are you talking about? Also why would anyone use a lamp cord? Most importantly how would I know, I don't have the specifications of either to know what effect their having, what device they're being connected to. Or anything.- Why does vinyl sound better than digital?
Another dumb question based on an unsubstantiated false premise. The best this could be answered is by asking "why does vinyl sound better than digital to some people?" But since you're a galaxy apart from rationality, this question is pointless even if presented properly and serves no better at clarifying your prior post and it's perplexing statements.- If my ears can only hear up to 20khz, why does a speaker sound better if it can reproduce sound higher than 20 khz?
You said your ears can hear up to 20Khz. Which is false premise yet again. And then you say why does a speaker sound better that can reproduce higher than 20Khz, which is a compounding false premise that obliterates this question from even being salvagable. Actually, the first portion isn't a false premise, it's either a delusion, or a flat out lie. You said you've been at this hobby for at least 25 years. So if you were in this hobby since the age of 18 (a safe conservative guess, unless you're going to waste my time of your prepubescent years and count that), you would now be at least age 43 (let's say 40 for the sake of satisfying your probable opposition to starting audio hobby at 18, and I grant you 15). At the age of 40, you don't hear 20Khz, you don't hear 19Khz, heck you don't hear 18, nor 17, nor do you probably hear 16 very much at all at normal volumes if at all. So I have no idea where you're getting this idea in your head that you personally could hear 20Khz. As for why it sounds better to you that a tweeter that produces 30 or 40Khz.. That's simply, it's psychological bias, as is the usual case with self deluding folks such as yourself and such other. Unless of course you have mountains of evidence to the contrary where people can hear 20Khz at your age, or even hear 30Khz, or 40Khz or whatever you want it to be. But please don't waste my time if they're sighted tests.- Why does lifting speaker cables off the floor improve sound quality?
A pattern is showing itself more and more. False premise, of which the answer cannot be given in the same way if asking "Why do people not bow down to me when I am king of the world?". For any on-lookers, the only reason lifting speaker cables off the floor would improve sound quality would be because the floor is some deadly, material deforming, or such other instance. Speaker cables on risers are a delusion. But grant this person some slack folks, he's been in this hobby a long time. A lifetime of brainwashing and an age where slow falloff of mental acuity is the norm.- What's a phonon, and how can I filter them out of my equipment?
And of course, one of the end-game manifestations of borderline, if not outright lunacy. For folks too lazy or not in the know. This is one of the audiophile devices that attempt to filter out quantum-level inaudible, immeasurable noise. Now to most sane people, you would instantly laugh a bit about a company selling something that can't be measured in its effect (the idoicy being, how would they themselves know it even works then?). But of course you get the typical "but heard it remove noise" claims, all of which of course are anecdotal sighted claims. Thus dismissable as anything remotely relating to objectivity. The other laughable portion of products like these - is if they existed as advertised - there are scinetific institutions that would be clamouring at owning this in all their electronics equipment. In conclusion, your questions have been answered, and have only muddied your representation (but as is usually the case when someone asks folks such as yourself for simple clarification, you retort with this level of preposterous mess). You said you're heading over to mech keyboards. I wonder what sort of magical conjurations you may have in-store for them. Maybe Topre switches VS Cherry mechanical switches deserve the audiophile treatment. Get some cable risers and dedicated power lines as to not impede upon latency from button press, to on-screen character appearance. What am I saying though? Latency... that involves math, nevermind me.