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
Just got the K7xx and found out that my motherboard doesn't provide enough power for the K7xx. I keep the volume on my pc to 100% to get a half decent immersive sound. So its enough to get buy, but I find myself reaching for the volume button on my keyboard a lot.
So...I heard that the Schiit Vali is a great pair with the K7xx due to giving these detailed headphones a little "warmth" (being hybrid). But I only have roughly $100 to spend, so that gives me no room for a DAC. But, my motherboard's integrated audio has an "isolated" pcb and a direct power from the PSU instead of drawing power from the main motherboard power source. Would a DAC still be necessary?
If the answer is YES, then how about going with the FiiO E10K DAC/AMP combo? Would it be powerful enough to drive the K7xx with plenty of volume left over? I know that every ear is different, but in GENERAL I want to have a "comfortably loud" volume at roughly 50-65% and an "UNcomfortably loud" volume at roughly 70-90%
Thanks for all the advice!