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
Also would my Asus Xonar Essence STX II sound card be able to drive these? Pretty stupid if it couldn't since it cost 240€...
Any soundcard should be able to drive them. I use an O2, but before it arrived the integrated amp on my motherboard could just barely, barely drive them at almost maximum output, although it didn't drive them well by any means. Assuming the Xonar puts out more power than my motherboard's integrated sound (a really, really safe bet), you should be good. Also if you are a gamer (guessing based on sound card?) there aren't many better choices. Good soundstage is super immersive and helpful for games (so much fun with witcher 3's environments), and the slight bass bump makes them pretty fun for games too.
Witcher 3 is actually my favorite single player game!!! But I've also been pretty competitive on mp games and played a lot of fps games in the past, lately there just have not been any good fps on the market. I miss the BF3 days... Now I'm just waiting for Insurgency: Sandstorm, Cyberpunk 2077, Destiny 2 and Red Dead Redemption 2. Also I play a lot of Civ and Xcom.
There are options for ohm on the sound cards software like this: https://imgur.com/5Wm7ZJB (had to take the screen cap on my phone through chrome remote desktop because I'm too lazy to get up from the couch...)
So I'm pretty sure it should be able to handle it. Just wanted to know for sure because no one in the audiophile communities seem to use sound cards.
Edit: Forgot to mention that I'm somewhat worried that there will not be enough bass (yes I know audiophiles hate this word) for my liking becuse I mainly listen to rap, house and some trap. Very rarely I listen to rock (except rock and rap mixed together) and classical, sometimes I do. But I'm pretty sure I'm gonna take the risk this time, I want to experience the wide soundstage.