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Drop + Sennheiser PC38X Gaming Headset

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Drop has Drop + Sennheiser PC38X Gaming Headset for $139. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Spiffywerks for finding this deal.
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Includes:
  • 2 removable cables (PC and console)
  • 2 pairs of earpads (mesh knit and velour)
  • Drawstring travel pouch
Specs:
  • Headphone Specs
    • Form factor: Over ear
    • Transducer principle: Dynamic, open
    • Frequency response: 10Hz - 30000Hz
    • Impedance: 28 Ω
    • Sound pressure level: 109 dB
    • 2.5 m PC cable, 2 x 3.5 mm splitTRS connector
    • 1.5 m console cable, 1 x 3.5 mm TRRS connector
    • Weight: 8.9 oz (253 g)
    • Weight (with cable): 10.2 oz (290.5 g)
  • Microphone Specs
    • Microphone frequency response: 50–16,000 Hz
    • Pick-up pattern: Noise-cancelling
    • Sensitivity: -38 dBV/PA
    • Microphone technology: Electret condenser
    • Microphone pickup pattern: Bi-directional

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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $30 lower (17% savings) than the list price of $169
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.5 stars from over 140 Amazon customer reviews.
    • 2-Year manufacturer's warranty
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Drop has Drop + Sennheiser PC38X Gaming Headset for $139. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Spiffywerks for finding this deal.
  • Note: Must login to your Drop.com account in order to add to your cart.
Includes:
  • 2 removable cables (PC and console)
  • 2 pairs of earpads (mesh knit and velour)
  • Drawstring travel pouch
Specs:
  • Headphone Specs
    • Form factor: Over ear
    • Transducer principle: Dynamic, open
    • Frequency response: 10Hz - 30000Hz
    • Impedance: 28 Ω
    • Sound pressure level: 109 dB
    • 2.5 m PC cable, 2 x 3.5 mm splitTRS connector
    • 1.5 m console cable, 1 x 3.5 mm TRRS connector
    • Weight: 8.9 oz (253 g)
    • Weight (with cable): 10.2 oz (290.5 g)
  • Microphone Specs
    • Microphone frequency response: 50–16,000 Hz
    • Pick-up pattern: Noise-cancelling
    • Sensitivity: -38 dBV/PA
    • Microphone technology: Electret condenser
    • Microphone pickup pattern: Bi-directional

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $30 lower (17% savings) than the list price of $169
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.5 stars from over 140 Amazon customer reviews.
    • 2-Year manufacturer's warranty
  • About this store:
    • Details of Drop's return policy here.

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Spiffywerks
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I don't have personal experience, so I couldn't tell you.

However, one of the biggest differences is the purpose. This is a gaming headset and includes a really high quality microphone with Sennheiser quality speakers and build.
theST0RM
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This headset comes with 2 cables. The shorter cable has a stereo output and microphone input integrated into the same jack (TRRS). The longer cable has 2 jacks for plugging into the stereo output and microphone input on your computer or other audio device. Here is a video to explain the differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4hy63fEgA0 The easy way to remember is count how many black bands are on the jack. Generally,

1 black band = mono (single channel)
2 black bands = stereo (2 channels)
3 black bands = stereo plus mic input (3 channels)
eldavojohn
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Sorry to answer my own question but I was watching this review and I think that yes, this will work for me: https://youtu.be/zNjO98dZUGQ?t=147

Sorry if I wasted anyone's time!

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FeelgoodMD
Jul 27, 2021
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Quote from allthefreakypeople :
Is this recommended for home office Skype / Teams calls? I don't much mind my family hearing noise leaking from the open back, I just wouldn't want too much noise to leak in.
I would recommend. Mic quality is top notch. Also, you'll be able to hear your environment enough that if your family needs you, you could hear them, but not enough where it should be a distraction in the background.
Jul 27, 2021
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rrxcrunner
Jul 27, 2021
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Got mine yesterday and the left headphone isn't producing sound at all. Right one sounds good. Did I get a faulty pair or could this be operating error somehow?
Jul 27, 2021
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User18383921
Jul 27, 2021
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I don't know about all these rave reviews. Here is crinacle's take on it below. Basically lacks detail with basic imaging and narrow, "Sennheiser" soundstage. All recipe's for a lackluster gaming hp.

The PC38X kind of sucks as a gaming headphone. Spatial localisation is pretty basic (nothing much beyond the "3-blob"; left, right, and centre) and the soundstage is extremely narrow for an open-back. Think HD650-tier.

Detail is sorely lacking. Very blunt hits that only barely resolve the most surface-level of details. A shame given the excellent tonality.


https://crinacle.com/2020/10/24/d...pressions/
Last edited by RunningOnEmpty July 27, 2021 at 03:53 PM.
Jul 27, 2021
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User18383921
Jul 27, 2021
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Quote from rrxcrunner :
Got mine yesterday and the left headphone isn't producing sound at all. Right one sounds good. Did I get a faulty pair or could this be operating error somehow?
You probably have a dead driver. Time to return.
Jul 27, 2021
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Quote from RunningOnEmpty :
I don't know about all these rave reviews. Here is crinacle's take on it below. Basically lacks detail with basic imaging and narrow, "Sennheiser" soundstage. All recipe's for a lackluster gaming hp.

The PC38X kind of sucks as a gaming headphone. Spatial localisation is pretty basic (nothing much beyond the "3-blob"; left, right, and centre) and the soundstage is extremely narrow for an open-back. Think HD650-tier.

Detail is sorely lacking. Very blunt hits that only barely resolve the most surface-level of details. A shame given the excellent tonality.


https://crinacle.com/2020/10/24/d...pressions/ [crinacle.com]
Crinacle's full review

https://crinacle.com/2021/02/10/d...y-musical/

The positives for this hp is its EXCELLENT SOUND SIGNATURE and EXCELLENT MIC, possibly a GREAT WFH/zoom headphone. Just to add, Crinacle does recommend this hp in terms of value even at the original price. I would use this for other types of games, and even for FPS since I'm just your average FPS gamer and I don't need pinpoint imaging or wide soundstage.

Gaming Highlights

Technicalities

How can I put it nicely… the PC38X is not resolving. It's mostly surface-level detail with it, and definition takes a rather big hit as a result.

Since we're talking about a gaming headphone here I'll use a game-related example here: use a high-enough RPM weapon and the PC38X would just make it sound like a single-tone laserbeam.

Footsteps are hard enough to notice as it is given its tonal balance, and the environmental noise threshold required to overwhelm footstep noises is embarrassingly low on the PC38X compared to something like the HD600.

And that's just talking about its resolution. Moving the topic to stereoimaging capabilities, the one thing a headphone like the PC38X is supposed to do well given its gamer branding,

(Imaging)
it's not any better. The PC38X has HD650/6XX-levels of that infamous "3-blob imaging", that is to say that it can really only properly localise "left, right, and centre".

(Soundstage)
The soundstage itself is rather intimate and narrow, and while this could be advantage considering that a more forward presentation does help in localisation, it's not really a benefit in the PC38X's case.

The PC38X is not a technical headphone, and certainly not one I'd recommend for hardcore gaming.
Last edited by RunningOnEmpty July 27, 2021 at 04:01 PM.
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User18383921
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Quote from Caffeineman :
I had a pair of Monoprice headsets where the ear cushions started to disintegrate getting black pieces everywhere. Everyone seem to have had these sennheisers forever, do the cushions ever disintegrate?
You still need to replace cushions every year or so because they do flatten out and change the tonality.
Jul 28, 2021
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make_moneys
Jul 28, 2021
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Quote from RunningOnEmpty :
I don't know about all these rave reviews. Here is crinacle's take on it below. Basically lacks detail with basic imaging and narrow, "Sennheiser" soundstage. All recipe's for a lackluster gaming hp.

The PC38X kind of sucks as a gaming headphone. Spatial localisation is pretty basic (nothing much beyond the "3-blob"; left, right, and centre) and the soundstage is extremely narrow for an open-back. Think HD650-tier.

Detail is sorely lacking. Very blunt hits that only barely resolve the most surface-level of details. A shame given the excellent tonality.


https://crinacle.com/2020/10/24/d...pressions/
subjective opinions , not everyone will agree on them being the best but they are good for the price . I liked the HD560s more and also the TYGR 300R way more. Those are more expensive too but personally these at 140 with an extra set of ear pads and a mic are pretty hard to beat.

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Jul 28, 2021
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bruinfan07
Jul 28, 2021
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I received my headset today, the PC38X.

I have been using the HyperX Alpha S, and the HyperX Cloud II before that, for mainly FPS gaming.

I also have the Sennheiser HD 560S with a FiiO DAC-AMP. I just received those last week.

So far my initial impression is the PC38X sounds great for music. This was expected based on the reviews from RTings. I also tested the microphone and a couple of people have told me it sounds better than the HyperX Alpha S microphone.

I'm pretty happy with the performance - it enables me to use this as a WFH headset, and listen to music without sacrificing all that much in terms of sound quality. Because this has a built-in mic, I can switch to Teams meetings and phone calls through my desktop computer quite easily.

I'm wondering if there's a DAC AMP that I can connect to with an input for a microphone.
Other than this, I'm pretty happy.

I can use this PC38X all day for music, for work, for phone calls. And then use it for FPS gaming after work.

I can use my HD 560S with my FiiO DAC AMP for music and videos AFTER work.
Jul 28, 2021
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Quote from bruinfan07 :
I received my headset today, the PC38X.

I have been using the HyperX Alpha S, and the HyperX Cloud II before that, for mainly FPS gaming.

I also have the Sennheiser HD 560S with a FiiO DAC-AMP. I just received those last week.

So far my initial impression is the PC38X sounds great for music. This was expected based on the reviews from RTings. I also tested the microphone and a couple of people have told me it sounds better than the HyperX Alpha S microphone.

I'm pretty happy with the performance - it enables me to use this as a WFH headset, and listen to music without sacrificing all that much in terms of sound quality. Because this has a built-in mic, I can switch to Teams meetings and phone calls through my desktop computer quite easily.

I'm wondering if there's a DAC AMP that I can connect to with an input for a microphone.
Other than this, I'm pretty happy.

I can use this PC38X all day for music, for work, for phone calls. And then use it for FPS gaming after work.

I can use my HD 560S with my FiiO DAC AMP for music and videos AFTER work.

There is a former cs 1.6 pro that swears by the 560s for fps gaming.

He likes it better than the highly touted akg k712 or the tygr 300r.

The 38x is dang good for the $139. A good all rounder..
Last edited by RunningOnEmpty July 28, 2021 at 06:07 PM.
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Quote from RunningOnEmpty :
There is an a former cs 1.6 pro that swears by the 560s for fps gaming.

He likes it better than the highly touted akg k712 or the tygr 300r.

The 38x is dang good for the $139. A good all arounder..
I watched the youtube review by the former CS 1.6 pro as well.
So I've tried the 560s a little bit in Overwatch. It seems pretty good but haven't had an extended testing period.

The primary issue is the 560s doesn't come with a microphone, and so would need to purchase that separately from Amazon.

The 38x really is a good all-rounder. A solid step up for music compared to your standard gaming headset, with a very good built-in microphone. Seems pretty good for gaming based on overall reviews, and I am anticipating it being good for Working From Home as well. On sale so I felt comfortable pulling the trigger.
Jul 29, 2021
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make_moneys
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Quote from RunningOnEmpty :
There is a former cs 1.6 pro that swears by the 560s for fps gaming.

He likes it better than the highly touted akg k712 or the tygr 300r.

The 38x is dang good for the $139. A good all rounder..
he actually was undecided on the 300r Smilie . I think he was keeping them both as one was better in some games than the other. I was a bit surprised on AKG 712 pros i thought that one would win out of the 3
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Quote from Hxx :
he actually was undecided on the 300r . I think he was keeping them both as one was better in some games than the other. I was a bit surprised on AKG 712 pros i thought that one would win out of the 3
me 2. I thought they were the best. I can tell they would be lacking bass though as the akg701/702 have no bass either. I'm still surprised the 560s is ranked so highly in terms of imaging/soundstage.
Last edited by RunningOnEmpty July 29, 2021 at 12:03 AM.
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make_moneys
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Quote from RunningOnEmpty :
me 2. I thought they were the best. I can tell they would be lacking bass though as the akg701/702 have no bass either. I'm still surprised the 560s is ranked so highly in terms of imaging/soundstage.
Ive bought a used HD560s from amazon. They are good headphones i just dont see them being a significant improvement over my old pair of AKG k702. At least they dont require an amp unlike the K702. I plan on grabbing a tygr 300r and see if the hype is real Smilie
Last edited by Hxx July 29, 2021 at 03:26 PM.
Jul 31, 2021
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jake.snyder
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Quote from thaitim :
How are these compared to the pc37x? I have those and they were pretty decent.
Almost identical except this will have more a slightly more bass.

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Quote from Caffeineman :
I had a pair of Monoprice headsets where the ear cushions started to disintegrate getting black pieces everywhere. Everyone seem to have had these sennheisers forever, do the cushions ever disintegrate?
They all eventually do. Buy replacement pads...

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