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
First, the sound is a bit too low. Even with the volume max on the headphones and in Windows (and in game) they just aren't quite loud enough. The sound is good but I would like to have a bit more volume. I have tried using some sound equalization which helps with volume level but introduces loud ambient noises so that won't work. I have also tried a couple software boost programs but there aren't many options and what I have tried don't work that well. Does anyone have any suggestions to increase the volume on these headphones (even just a little bit)?
The second issue was with Discord. I was playing with some friends in Discord and the headset was working fine in discord (both mic and speakers). Then I randomly heard what sounded like a Windows error ding and my mic stopped working in Discord. I could still hear them but when I tried to talk it was instead passing game sounds instead of my voice. Friends had to mute me while I fumbled around and eventually had to switch to my other headset. Never seen anything like this happen so a bit clueless as to what could have happened there. If this was just a one off fluke no biggie but if this is going to be a recurring issue that is a deal breaker. Anyone else experienced this or have any thoughts on what would cause such behavior?
I'm really liking the headphones. The comfort is great and the sound is high quality but these problems are kind of an issue for me. Hope someone has a solution.
The Discord issue was your current sound card/chip crashing- Discord will move on to the next available input in this case if you have DEFAULT selected in Discord for your input.
The best solution for both problems (assuming you don't already have one from what it sounds like) would be to buy an external USB sound card that has both a headphone and microphone port- make sure it has an amp built-in, which will help make the headset sound better and louder.
Also- this headset has a volume control on the right earcup. Make sure that's turned all the way up!
As for the volume..yes I have the dial on the ear turned to max. I guess I can look into an external sound card. Not really what I was wanting to do but sounds like that's my only option.
It cost about 75 bucks from Amazon so it was more than I wanted to spend after spending 120 on this headset but I'm happy with it now. I don't know if this is the best option as I'm not much of an audiophile. I did try a small USB dongle type card that was only 11 bucks first but it didn't boost the volume enough if at all so this was the next cheapest option that I could find that seemed good. Most of the DACs or amps I found were much more expensive and/or didn't have mic jacks.