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 being said, the SHARKK Bravo—I don't think was a rebadge, unless there's information I'm unaware of. As far as I know, it was a crowdfunded headphone that was stupid overpriced ($199 for early backers) and claimed to be a great Electrostatic headphone. At $29.99, it might not be a bad buy, but it definitely did not live up to the claims at $199+.
UPDATE: Yep, even the SHARKK is a rebadge. From The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/7/20/12235488/sharkk-bravo-headphones-indiegogo-launch):
I unraveled this mini-mystery by looking up the Hybrid Electrostatz tech used within the Bravo, which turns out to have been designed by a whole other company, the Taiwanese Verisonix, and is also being resold by the London-based Mitchell & Johnson. So you don't have to worry about Sharkk being as sloppy with its engineering as it is with its marketing — the company is simply rebadging and recasing an established bit of technology. And honestly, Sharkk deserves some credit for the design of the Bravo, which has a rather unique look, two sets of extremely comfortable ear pads, a very flexible headband, and reasonably compact dimensions for the tech it contains. It's almost all plastic, but it's well done.
The Verge says that Sharkk deserves some credit for the design, but if you look up the Verisonix N100B, it looks the exact same as the Sharkk Bravo:
http://www.verisonix.com/n100b.html
As for the Mitchell & Johnson versions, they are the Verisonix I502C found here:
http://www.verisonix.com/i502c.html