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
The cable feels cheap and probably will harden up and crack soon enough.
The bass end is messy. And the treble end sounds tinny.
Somehow Skull candies of ages past sounds a bit better than this. Both in the bass sounds messy but at least it doesn't sound tinny in the treble.
They lack resolution, they're somewhat muddy, the soundstage is... weird (like there's the center and the sides but nothing between them), and there's definitely a bit of distortion in the treble. I also have to wear them upside-down, since the microphones worn cable-down are unbearable for me.
Given the price, I'd say these are pretty decent, but given the other IEMs I have (which certainly cost more than $10) I have no use for these myself.
The only piece of audio equipment that can be affected by a burn in is vacuum tubes. And I mean the really old ones. Mainly for that it's based upon the initial manufacturing tolerances.
For questionable large speakers it just needs a small test run not blasting loud music or random noises for 3 weeks or longer. In that 3 weeks you will notice a change because you believe there is a change.
Also brand and cost plays a key. For this I suppose brand plays a key. If you ate the hype of the brand you probs think these are punching beyond its weight class.
Of course that's an extreme example with a lot of differences. But the main point is that any sort of object that's malleable can probably use a little bit of stretching out before it really works its optimal. You wouldn't run a 5k without stretching, would you? I think to a great extent that this is far reduced with earbuds and speakers with drivers that don't move so much.
I'll admit this COULD be considered pure speculation, as I've never done any formal scientific tests. I don't fall on the side of belief that speakers need 24 hours of white-noise burn-in, but I can say for SURE that some speakers of mine were shrill and bright out of the box and tamed down after a bit of regular use. Definitely not just my ears getting used to them, because some products that were unbearably sharp and bright to begin with are still just as unbearably sharp and bright.
Shoes are not a comparable comparison.
One way to check although not reliable. Is to listen to something else for a long period of time till you forget how other IEMs sounded like. Then swap to another IEM and stay with it for a long period of time till you forgot how the bolt sounded like. Then grab the Bolt.
The audiophile community is plagued with placebos and mind trickery. Just like how silver cored usb cables connecting your dac to the PC makes the sound somehow more "better" However the power of belief is a strong one, more you believe your silver usb cables does something, it probs will for you.
The only possible time stretching something would be where the cone actually has to move a great volume of air. However, your 8mm driver in the Bolt isn't moving a great deal of air.
Hopefully one of these days a proper double blind test CAN be done with the same speaker in both used and unused condition and this community can settle the score
However there is many variables at play there and in a real double blind. You need a good amount of data (people) testing on 1 person doesn't really count.
The only reason that I said large enough air is that. Air it self can be at different temperatures and different temperatures moves differently. But you need one mighty large speaker.
i might be wrong here too... But it's a thought! Definitely a test I'd like to see performed because I personally am no audiophile- "burn in" is just something I've seen many communities split over and I sort of have a hard time believing it DOESN'T play a large role, but I'll gladly come to the other side once I can see some hard data proving its lack of importance.
Also a thing to note, There is nothing to disprove if the thing to disprove doesn't exist. So the burden of proof lies upon your hands showing that burnins does something that others trying to prove burnins does nothing.
On the other hand thPugh, a lot of people get some sort of satisfaction or security in believing in the concept of burn-in. For that sake it's useless to try to convince them otherwise - not only because they won't change their biewpoint but also because it makes them feel better about the quality of their purchases... regardless of whether it's a psychological placebo or something measurable