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
Using a third party for evaluation of both items to be "traded" might be a good compromise. Of course, you'd have to find an entity that all parties trusted (the tricky part, I think).
Once you enter this realm, would the third party entity (TPE) act as a broker? In this case the swapping service would be just that: a service with its own costs etc.
I have no idea how the mechanics and finances of that would work. Does something like that even exist in an organized fashion online? If not, could this be an opportunity or a money sink when accounting for start-up, overhead, etc.?
Perhaps others have considered it and decided against it because they felt it was not feasible. Perhaps no one ever really considered it and this presents and amazing opportunity. Is this an offshoot direction Massdrop could (or would want to) go?
The idea of third party "value validation" is fascinating.
Hopefully, I'm not wandering too far afield as I ponder such things. Is this just an academic exercise or could this become a reality in some way?
Personally, I'd love to spend my time learning why different enthusiast groups are passionate about certain items.
I know a bit about stuff from the writing community and about what makes for (and bad) wet shaving gear. I'm learning about ties and am curious about watches.
A question for the audio file community (perhaps best as another thread): for about a dozen years I was a full-time freelance musician. I had the privilege of making three published CDs and, before changing my career path enjoyed a fair bit of success. I learned a TINY bit about audience engineering and producing and know that good professionals can hear minute differences in sound reproduction. At what point do the limitations of *most* consumers ears and hearing ability (I know way more about hearing than audiophile stuff) significantly diminish value of the super-fancy set-ups?
I listen to everything from classical (chamber and orchestra), jazz (big band to small combos), folk, rock and "world" music. I know my tastes. I don't care about a if thumping bass, but I can discriminate mid-levels (eg. I can pick out the violas in an orchestral piece).
Well, so much for staying on (one) topic. The first part of my response nose is relevant. The second may be better suited to its own thread.
Would love to hear your thoughts.