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
1) Neil Young - There's A World: All three files are presented in low quality. I cannot reliably discern a difference. Picked at random and ended up with 128kbps.
2) Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner: The 128kbps one sounded slightly more compressed to me, the other two sounded identical. Ended up choosing the 320kbps.
3) Jay Z - Tom Ford: Ouch my head. My headphones were shaking like crazy, good bass test lol. All 3 sound the same, picked at random and got the 128kbps.
4) Coldplay - Speed of Sound: All 3 sound the same, chose randomly and got the uncompressed WAV.
5) Katy Perry - Dark Horse: I think it was probably placebo + I'm tired, but maybe not. The uncompressed WAV sounded a tiny bit clearer than the 320kbps, which sounded a tiny bit clearer than the 128kbps, so I chose the WAV.
6) Mozart: No disrespect just don't feel like typing all that out. For some reason when I first hit play, Katy Perry was back by the way. Weird. Anyway this is a surprisingly low quality classical recording. The 128kbps sounded lower fidelity to me, obscuring some transparency. There is some sound of someone moving something at the end of the track that is more audible in the uncompressed WAV (and inaudible to me in the 128kbps) so I got this one right.
I am not surprised by the results. Some of the most impressive recordings I've ever heard are 320kbps MP3. I don't pay too much mind to the file type, I just go with what is the best for what I listen to. Also DSD is such snake oil and a huge waste of space.