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
That said, these are sonically great performers, right up there with Sennheiser’s HD 599, except tuned with a tad more treble.
The GSP 500 is really interesting too, I like the adjustable clamp pressure, and the hybrid pads on the closed GSP 600 look like a great idea compared to my Game Zero, but alas I haven’t heard the new GSP series yet. I hear they were tuned with more extension into the sub bass range.
Headphones aren’t like smartphones or computers, where they can’t play new material or degrade in performance quickly (if you don‘t blow out the drivers, and change the pads when they get deflated or scratchy), and also the tech is much slower to improve. On the other hand, the performance of DACs, amps, and the soundcards they are installed in have seen a lot of incremental upgrades in the past few years, but that’s because a DAC is like a little computer, and increased demand for headphone amps has lead to some creative innovations.
Off topic from headphones for a moment: Moore’s Law, which postulated in 1965 that the number of transistors and thus computing speed would double every two years, was true for a long time but now is Reaching a plateau. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601441/moores-law-is-dead-now-what/ We’re going to see some cultural denial and disbelief of the fact that computers aren’t going to improve at the same rapid rate we saw in our lifetimes so far, and product manufacturers are going to struggle to continually find new kinds of benefits to keep selling “new” computers. Manufacturers are going to have to be innovative, because ”consumable goods” on a frequent upgrade cycle generate more money than “durable goods,” but I would imagine hardware will eventually become “durable goods” like microwaves and clothes washing machines, while software will become a big differentiator.