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
Rowdy2026 said, "Considering any portable device including later iPhones can sufficiently drive headphones with impedance up to and including 80ohms...you must have some very specific iem’s to need more to drive them? Amplifying a source for louder playback is not proof your iems need extra power...nor does it equal better sound quality."
Rowdy2026 said, "Thanks for the electronics course but replying with basic impedance blurb doesn’t contradict what I said..Iem’s do not need external amplification to drive them. Nor will another lightning adaptor drive them over an above a standard Apple connection. Perhaps you are as confused as much as the op over what this product’s primary objective is? It’s a dac first and foremost...good luck relying on it’s amplification capabilities though." I was going to make a healthy reply, but your posts are so hastily made, and so completely asinine that I decided instead to keep a record of the hilarity. I will say though that my IEM's, which have a spec'd maximum input of 70mW do sound much better on external amplification, even on my Schiit Magni 3, which can supply 40 times that at their 16-Ohm impedance. Instead of nay-saying other peoples endeavours, you should experiment using their methods and see what all the fuss is about, then accept that if you don't hear a difference, you just hear differently than they do. At least you'll lose less bets!