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
Also I think Sony did a great job of fine tuning the all-in-one package with the PCM-D50 as I never found anything at its price point, portability and feature set that sounded as good as it. It's built like a little metal Tonka truck too cause it's gone through some serious drops here and there. I've watched folks with plastic Zoom machines not survive as well the abuse my Sony has inadvertently taken.
Years ago someone created a web page dedicated to examples of recordings made with the PCM-D50 and other popular and similarly priced units (even some with XLR inputs) and as an all-in-one unit the Sony sounded the cleanest and most natural to my ears on acoustic instruments. From what I've read and heard this latest iteration sounds even better than the PCM-D50 plus it has a remote that would be SUPER helpful to avoid having to get up from my instrument between takes/run throughs at a rehearsal to go to the front of the band to stop and start the recorder.
I'm actually glad Sony seems to have focused on improving the preamps and internal mics rather than adding in an XLR input while keeping the price similar to the earlier version.
I have a PCM-D50. Love it. Why no XLR's?
Size and the more complicated circuitry to deal with a balanced input.
If you're using outboard XLR mic's, you'd should get a battery-operated mic. preamp rather than an XLR converter. The PCM-D50 (and -D100) are really intended to be used with the built-in microphones; the external mic. input is more of an afterthought. Also, I seem to remember someone mentioning this device suffered from "gain holes" when using an external pre-amp, so you need to be careful of the gain setting & check your headroom carefully.
In terms of being a field recorder, this thing gets almost everything right. The only one I've had that I've liked better (solely for the size) was my Yamaha PockeTrak 2G, which Yamaha discontinued and never equalled. Admittedly, the Sony is much more capable, but also much larger.