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
They made the phones harder to drive than the original RE0s when that added nothing in terms of sound quality. Instead it just gave a chance for people to be like "Oh these sound better when they're well amped, they must be quality phones" They made the cable braided midway with no cinch strain relief, but apparently the wires still break apart easily. They made the 3.5mm jack massive to give the illusion of ruggedness, but smaller jacks are actually more expensive if you check out DIY equipment. A sturdy right angle 3.5mm jack would have been way more expensive for them to manufacture. And sadly half of the people on this discussion board are gobbling that straight up -- most without any experience in similar budget, similar signature Chinese phones. HiFiMAN just really knew their target audience well and designed this product as such to create the maximum amount of profit from the masses that buy into the hype and are easily fooled.
Tl;dr: BUYER BEWARE -- these iems present nothing above their face value and you get a massive shipping delay compared to other retailers. Also, everyone in the previous drop were refunded 10% of the current purchase price because they falsely advertised that these would come with carrying cases. YOU ARE BEING RIPPED OFF 10% MORE THAN THOSE WHO JOINED THE PREVIOUS DROP. (Looks like HiFiMAN decided that these earphones weren't even worthy of protective gear lol)
They really aren't that hard to drive. No, they'll never have the bloated bass that most people are used to from their dollar store sets. Yes, that is what neutral sounds like.
The build is okay, the 3.5mm jack is fine. If you knew about DIY you'd realise that they use 'expensive' jacks because DIYers lack the equipment for overmolding and so they need to use a screw-type instead.
The RE00 is exactly what a lot of people want, and I'm getting a second pair.
My question to you is: If you really spent $1000+ on a single pair of headphones, why are you skimping on your iem collection so badly? Clearly if you are able to distinguish between lesser headphones and top of the class phones then you would want to buy at least $200+ iem's to satisfy your discerning ears, no?
Yes, there is clearly audible bass distortion at high levels. This only happens at excessive volumes and you really should be turning it down. Admittedly the treble isn't as good as, say, the Senn IE800; perhaps you might like those better (has more bass too).
Your question is literally "why do I have multiple sets of IEMs"; the answer is "because I can afford it". Price doesn't necessarily correlate with quality, and at $35 these don't exactly break the bank.
I really don't see how a pair of earphones can be considered "neutral" when they have such a clear emphasis on the highs/lows over the mids. If you'd care to go into a little more depth of how you'd reached that conclusion I would greatly appreciate it.
A lot of people have been noting that the RE-00's really don't work with some genres of music and to me that is a clear give away that these iem's are colored and not anywhere near neutral. The whole appeal of neutral phones is that they can handle most if not all genres at least decently!
On top of that, the emphasized frequencies are quite lacking in detail/accuracy. Practically every earphone I have heard since like 5 years ago had more detailed highs than these no matter the budget. (ranging around $30-$100) I'd imagine the IE800 produces treble that's in a completely different league from these considering their price tag -- more in line with the full-bodied note reproduction on full sized cans. The highest tier iem's I've heard so far are the Westone UM Pro 20's