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
Secondly the tube in this unit is not used to amplify sound. It's used in the DAC portion of the unit which imparts tube qualities to the sound. It's an odd piece really. The amplifier in this is a solid state of good quality if a bit bright.
If I were you I'd look into a more "normal" tube amp. Something higher end than the Bravo Ocean. I'm sure the Ocean is a decent amp but there will definitely be a difference if/after you get the HD650's. If you want cheap, look at the Little Dot lineup or the Schiit units. The Bottlehead amps are superb and I wish I'd had the funds to purchase the Crack+Speedball amp that was up here a month or two ago.
I'm curious about the Fidelio X1's. Are you loving them? I've been weighing those against the Mad Dogs and leaning towards the latter because... orthodynamics are just so cool!