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
All audio opinions come from a five hour burn in period and a full listen of my over three and a half hour playlist, consisting of several different genres, from hiphop, to rock, to German rap, to orchestra. Threw in a few games of Counter Strike: GO deathmatch just to be safe. First, the box came in a regular shipping envelope and was completely intact. Coming all the way from Honk Kong (Ordered from Penon Audio) scared me a bit, but it arrived fine. Came with sport clips, a shirt clip, three different sized eartips, a medium sized double flanged eartip, and a medium sized pair of foam eartips. I'm using the medium sized normal eartips, and they were a damn pain to get on. I had to flip the tips inside out in order to get them on. The hole for the driver was just a touch too small. It should be said that I didn't have this issue with the double flange and the foam tips, they went on perfectly fine. Build quality feels pretty solid for $60. Unfortunately, I don't have any other budget IEMs to compare build to, but these seem fine. I bought the silver plated cable version, and it feels strong enough, but I wouldn't go around tugging on it. Sound isolation is pretty average. Here's an audio file of me playing a song at full volume, first with them out of my ear, pointing at the microphone, and then in my ear: http://puu.sh/qHJL7/bec3d2bee0.mp3 (Audio only in left channel because of a dumb error on my part, apologies) After the burn in, a full playlist listen, and some Counter Strike: GO deathmatches, to get an idea of how positioning felt was on them, I think I can happily say that I'm so in love with these. It has that V shaped frequency response that I adore, and makes music feel much more "in your face" than the Jaybird X2's and the Apple Earpods I've been using for the past two weeks after my Sennheiser Urbanites ended up giving up the ghost. However, the highs are a little to harsh for me, but I can deal with that. Lows and mids were very fun, and what you'd expect from a V shaped budget IEM. I'd happily pay around twice as much for these, if they included better quality foam tips, maybe even Comply, and possibly an in line mic and volume cable version. If you can pick them up, I'd say go for it. They're so much fun to listen to.