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
In the future I plan to extend the bottom of the case a bit and add an internal ODAC, so that the RCAs really can be outputs.... Need to crack it open and see what's inside first though. Will see if I am able to stop listening to it for long enough to do so..
Worth noting, if you want to tube roll I would go with a 12AU7 preamp tube, I tried both a 12AX7 (direct replacement, JJ non gold) and a 12AU7 (gold lion), and I found the 12AU7 seemed a lot more open, could be down to the specific tube, but it definitely doesn't need the extra gain, and 12AU7 is generally regarded as better for audio than 12AX7.
I got my power tubes off of eBay from seller "yenaudiostore" they also have the preamp tubes, $25 each for the 6v6 power tubes or $35 for the 12au7 preamp tube.
As to which had a bigger effect, definitely the preamp tube (I think going from 12ax7 to 12au7 had as much a part in that as going to gold lion). The power tubes definitely did make a difference also, but not as much as the preamp tube.
http://www.thetubestore.com/Tubes/12AU7-ECC82-Tube-Types/JJ-ECC82-12AU7
http://www.thetubestore.com/Tubes/6V6-Tube-Types/JJ-6V6S
Thanks for the recommendations.