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
Starting from what you have, the upgrade path for music that I'd recommend would next be the Schiit Modi Multibit, iFi Micro iDSD Black Label or Chord Mojo, AudioGD DAC-19 or Schiit Gungnir Multibit, and I don't have a strong sense of what to do after that, lol! There's probably other good choices in those price ranges too.
For gaming and surround, the upgrade path is simpler: start with what you have, next maybe the Sennheiser GSX 1000 (research the surround processing on this), then the Creative X7, and after that there's a huge gap of worthwhile considerations (you can always connect a DAC to the X7's optical out for an upgrade) until you reach the Smyth Realizer A16. Hopefully there are more options in-between in the future, because there's a big price gap in there.