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
I don't know what you consider drastic, but the viewers said it sounded more shrill, tinny, and compressed, which is pretty much the audio difference I heard the game sound change. I WOULD consider the difference drastic, the DS4's smartphone-style TRRS jack provides pretty minimal "it works" quality that gets irritating after a few minutes, and the battery drains faster. That's what leads me to believe the USB dongle that comes with the PC373D is the culprit for reviews calling the mic on that "nasally."
I agree that the PC373D's USB dongle was causing the "nasally" sound, so I'm happy Massdrop got rid of it completely. I'm guessing that my 37X's mic and drivers would still sound good if I plug them directly into my motherboard since it has a better DAC (Asus SupremeFX) than whatever the DS4 uses.