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
1) They are rear ported and have no threaded wall mount point. This means that they really need to be 1 - 2 ft from the wall that's behind them and placed on stands rather than wall mounted or on a bookshelf. It also means that you might end up spending as much on cables and stands as you do on the speakers! Finally, most rooms can't support these for Atmos height channels.
2) Each speaker requires a power cord and a wall outlet. You could end up with a lot of power cords in a 7.1 or larger system!
3) The LSR30X has a fully differential XLR input which means you can just run what is essentially an XLR microphone cable from your home theater pre/pro (eg., Emotiva XMC-1, Marantz AV7704, or Yamaha CX-A5100) to each speaker. No need to purchase channels of amplification for these and this type of cable is subject to less interference and loss than similar lengths of speaker cable. Downside is that they can't be connected to receivers that have only speaker terminal outputs. The LSR30X must be driven from preamp outputs...ideally with XLR jacks and differential signaling (see examples above).
4) If you have a large room (bigger than 16ft x 26 ft), the LSR30X may not be suitable for the L/C/R front channels. They will play loud, but perhaps not at reference levels in a big space. The LSR308 is a better choice.
Hope this helps.