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
But even if they do end up being the 900, you're gonna get the opportunity to save $150 to re shell these as CIEM's. The issue with the 900 vs the 900s was a matter of the casing not standing up to 'abuse' so re shelling them would circumvent that concern (assuming UE re shelling procedures are up to par) Custom molds solve nearly all the issues inherent with 'universal' IEM's, so if your budget allows, I would highly recommend you take advantage of the coupon included with the purchase.
When I got my TF10s, they were still going for $400 and after getting custom molds, doing a re shell, custom cables, I've got over $800 invested in them. I've heard newer IEM's with 3 to 4 times as many drivers in them and most still can't match, much less surpass, the clarity and soundstage of my TF10's (now 15 years old with hundreds, maybe thousands, of hours of use). As mentioned in an earlier comment here, its not the number of drivers, its the tuning and the crossovers that make the difference. UE has that down to a science. I hope that the new parent company (logitech) hasn't f***ed that up, but I'm gonna guess that they probably know better than to do something that self-destructive.
If you really want to do some hands-on research, join Head-Fi.org and read to your heart's content. Better yet, go to any of the many Can-Jams around the globe that they promote and listen to everything the different manufacturers have to offer, because what your ears hear is probably different from what the write-ups will say.
If you do go, make sure your source is consistent across all listening stations. If you listen to MP3, do so with every set of IEMs or headphones. Don't listen to the manufacturer's DSD-quality recording processed through a $10,000 DAC/Amp setup that you won't ever duplicate. That said, the higher the quality of your source, the better any IEM/headphone/speaker will sound.
Hope this information is of some use to you. It's amusing to me to see all the questions across all the audio drops here, asking opinions about how one item sounds compared to another one. I wouldn't stick anything with a Beats logo on my dog's head... but to other folks, they have the best sound ever, at least for certain genres of music, so to each his own. After all, they are your ears... you make the decision.
I have no idea what the custom re shell will cost through UE, only that they apparently will offer $150 off whatever that price is, but I'd imagine with the discount you'll end up with a nice set of CIEM's that will cost you about as much as the 900s does at retail. But again, that's all conjecture on my part... its not a high priority to me at the moment to research into that because it won't be done until mid to late 2018 at the earliest.
Like you, I won't be shipping these off to re shell the day after I get them - Gonna have to budget what with the holidays coming around, and I'd like to have a real good sense of what their sound signature before I consider turning them into customs. And I also agree with you on cans.... I'd rather listen to music live first... though speakers next, open headphones, closed headphones and then IEM's last. IEMs just happen to be the most portable solution to quality music on the go, at least for me.
Anyway, I hope we aren't duped, but my gut feeling is that these will be the real deal and everyone will be quite pleased. Cheers!
inearz seems to be a pretty reliable place where people have gotten their triplefis reshelled before and they seem like they can do the ue900s too. Their prices start at $125 and even I am thinking about getting mine reshelled one day.