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
I use almost every port on this device. I have it connected to my PC for playing my local music collection, it is connected to my mac mini (using the optical out for the mac to the optical "in" on the SBX7 . I have my turntable (with built in preamp) connected to the line level inputs. I also use the RCA line outs to my PC for recording my albums in 48/24 flac format (using VinylStudio software). This works very well.
I have the Massdrop 6xx headphones and the headphone amp on this thing works fine for powering those. The DSP in this amp has a lot of functions and is very good for gaming. It also has a "Direct mode" for the speakers and optical "in". I leave it on this for most of my music playing.
As far as the mic setup, I have never really used it so I can't comment on that. The Bluetooth works fine but I don't like the way it "announces" that Bluetooth is now connected/disconnected.
BTW you can even charge your phone by connecting it to the USB port located on the side of the unit. For a small desktop Dac/Amp this would be hard to beat for the price.
Here are a couple review links: https://www.avforums.com/review/creative-sound-blaster-x7-review.11414 https://www.head-fi.org/threads/creative-sound-blaster-x7-detailed-review-impressions.756102/
I upgraded firmware already
Any idea? (Thanks!)
Did you by any chance just do the latest Windows update?
Microsoft changed the surround recognition settings once again and it defaults units to Stereo.
Here's how you can get the X7 to be recognized as a surround device again:
(copied over from a similar issue on the Sound BlasterX Katana drop page)
------------------ In you system tray right click on the Speaker icon. Then instead of clicking on Sound Settings (where you think it would be!), click on Sounds. Then click the Playback tab. Then highlight the X7 (will be listed as a "Speakers" option). Then click the Configure button in the lower left hand side of the Window. The options to choose the X7 as a Stereo or 5.1 device will appear. This will ensure that Windows is recognizing the X7 as a 5.1 device.
Hope this helps!
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Ryan
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