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
On Android, it's a mixed bag. You need hardware and software support for usb otg and usb audio. The cables are cheap. You can get one for one dollar on eBay, or pay a bit more for shorter, right Angled ones for convenience. However, some devices simply do not support usb otg. Just to give you an idea of how complicated it is, my Samsung Galaxy tab 3 10.1" supports usb otg naively. The 7" model does not. This is a hardware implementation, if I did my research correctly, so it cannot be bypassed. Then there is the software side. My tab 3 does not allow me to connect directly to the DACport Slim because it draws too much power. You can use a passive usb hub to bypass that. I use a usb otg y cable to provide external power. When I updated my tab to Cyanogenmod 13, usb otg is supported, but usb audio does not work even though it can. One of the devs responded that s/he will look into it. Again, this is completely dependent on what phone and what flavour of Android you use. On the Galaxy S3 with the default firmware that comes with it, everything works perfectly fine. No issues or power limitations. Just plug and play.
However, it drains the battery pretty fast so you might want an external battery. Welcome to Class A.
; )
http://www.centrance.com/products/dacportable/
It has an internal battery and lots of useful features for on-the-go use.