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
FYI, I currently own a LD I+ (hybrid amp, somewhat similar to the Bravo Ocean) and my next amp will probably be the LD MKII, because my main headphones are the Sennheiser HD6XX and they're supposed to sound better on tubes [long explanation about headphones impedance and tube amps vs solid state amps here].
Given the price tag of the Bravo Ocean, if you wanna introduce yourself into the tube amps it might be worth, and it'll drive most of your headphones without issues. On the solid-state side, maybe you should consider the Schiit Magni 3, one of the best price-performance amps in the market, very powerful and great sounding according to some ppl. It's up to you, I went for the tubes because I like to tinker and tube rolling seemed much fun, but if I had to buy just "one amp for everything" I guess I'll go with a Magni 3 right now.
O2 with sDAC was not the deal of the century, because of the low quality included power supply that basically forces you to spend an extra $20 buying a decent one (same as Massdrop O2). Also, having a DAC/amp combo might not be the best for the long-run, because probably later you'll upgrade your amp and you'll be stuck with the O2/sDAC combo (or you'll have to buy a new dedicated DAC). It's usually better to have separate DAC and amp, in case you upgrade/sidegrade/whatever, because it offers you the best flexibility being able to replace any component separately.