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
The reason it is hard to drive is that it is a low impedance headphone that is insensitive. Many amps struggle with this because they are reaching the current limit. In a perfect world, as you reach 0 impedance, you should get near infinite current. Then, Earth can have unlimited power. :D
However, due to real world limitations of the components used, many amps drop the voltage as the impedance load drops. The power delivery system, as well as all that is linked to it, can only manage so much before it is overloaded and fried. I remember reading an example on headfi: imagine you hook a cheap amp into a car's subwoofer array. You will blow a fuse because the amplifier is going to be pushed way past it's max output.
That is my understanding. I hope I explained it out well and did not misunderstand anything again. Feel free to correct me if I said anything wrong!
Cheers. : )