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
If anybody could offer some insight or advice I'd appreciate it.
I just got a Sony Xperia Z3 Android phone and it supports a USB DAC and DSD. I'm thinking of putting this in my car in between my not so great stock head unit and my new amp. In that config, it would boost voltage. I could then switch to the USB DAC input and connect to to my phone to get great quality straight from my phone.
Any idea if this would work?
How much output voltage / amps does the USB port put out of any? I wonder if it could charge my phone.
would it work, probably, but it would be far from ideal.
to answer the question about USB power, there is none. it's an input so it expects your computer/whatever to be outputting power on the USB line (it doesn't use this power, but for this reason it cannot output power via the USB)
I recently upgraded my speakers in the car to some mid-range ones with an Arc Audio XDi 600.4 amp, but I really don't know how much switching out for another HU would help when I'm just running sound from my phone anyways. I guess I won't know until I try.
I have a cheap aptX receiver hooked up now that works great with my phone, but it does sound a bit crisper and more detailed with the wired connection as expected. While the Bluetooth is so convenient, it feels silly that I paid to upgrade my sound system but then muddle the output with Bluetooth even if it is at least using aptX.
Since I don't have a headphone amp, I decided to get in on this anyways and I'll probably end up using it with my MacBook Pro or regifting for Christmas.