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
Impedance dips to around 14 Ohm at around 10KHz, which means it'll draw less voltage there than anywhere else on its FR, which explains the 10KHz dip. It also means that a typical 2 Ohm output amplifier will slightly overdampen the 10 Khz region, resulting in slower-than-normal decay of those frequencies. Whether that produces desirable SQ or not... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ideally, it looks like you will want to drive these through amps that have 1 Ohm or less output impedance.
The Campfire Audio Orion and Andromeda are between 4 and 8 ohms in the bass region - THAT'S bad news.
The shame to me isn't just that phone outputs are inconsistent and often higher than ideal - it's that theres usually no information about that, and also no information given about IEMs until measurements are taken, often just by hobbyists. The 64 Audio range is a great example, with most of them tuned for really high impedance you get with stage monitoring gear. But of course the consumer market didn't know that, and the impression of nearly the whole range was dark, bassy, and veiled to some. Thanks to junki for spreading this info specific to the K10. Will be interested to see if any of my sources have that effect.