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
So basically your looking at $750 here per the description. Brilliant to pickup an amp / dac unit only to need a separate amp from the same manufacturer to meet their recommended setup. That's basically like buying a Civic and having the dealer recommend an Acura if you want full leather seating with Bose sound but encouraging you to buy both since the Civic gets better gas mileage.
Pass.
Wait--what am I complaining about? I just saved $750!!!
For what's on offer here, to get both units it a relative bargain. I already have a powerful balanced amp so the need for a balanced DAC is more important to me. It's just a pain to find one that isn't a balanced DAC/amp without spending a stupid amount of money. There really aren't many good budget options for just a balanced DAC.
I suppose it wouldn't have been difficult to find more expensive stuff, but I doubt spending twice as much would equal twice as good sound (assuming one can measure that sort of thing). There is a point of diminishing returns here that I'm not eager to pursue. Since there is no ceiling to this game, I see no reason to go searching for it. Good enough, is good enough.