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
but, if you have a dedicated sound card in your pc or a motherboard that comes equipped with an internal amp. i dont see you needing to purchase an amp.
The key takeaway is that not all headphone jacks are equal, and EVERY audio chain/system will have a DAC and an amp in it somewhere, of different quality and power. Laptop headphone jacks are usually the worst, followed by PC front panel jacks (yes, even "HD Audio" front headphone jacks), built-in motherboard audio is a little stronger/cleaner, smartphones are usually about equal to that or better, dedicated portable music players (iPod Classic, FiiO, Walkman, etc) are usually better, and then separate external amps will (should) at least match smartphone amps OR sky's the limit better. Better amping isnt (usually) about better volume, it's about supporting all the frequency ranges equally, and having lower distortion from the original recording.