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
- Hands down it sounds great as a simple DAC/Amp without the audio processing. Nicely built with good clicky buttons. It drives my Audio Technica ATH-A900X Monitors the best with plenty of head room (nothing else I have does) and it really sounds fantastic. It's on an even playing field with the Pioneer.
- The "Effect" varies from headphone to headphone. I like it the best on my Tin Audio T2 Pros and my Sony MDR-V6's. I didn't like it as much on the Audio Technicas or my Grados. I'm curios to see how it will sound with the Tin Audio T3's that I am awaiting. If they come in soon I'll update. And anyone who says the T2's lack bass needs to hear them with this amp.
- Just for fun I tried it on a pair of Klipsch and Ultimate Ears Earbuds I had sitting in the drawer. The SxFi just reinforced why they were sitting in the drawer (ie not so fun...). The headphones don't sound good with or without the effect. So in other words, they aren't going to make inadequate headphone sound better.
- The "Effect" sounds fantastic with movies. That's something else to try out once you have the amp.
- I was tempted to make some sweeping generalization about it [the Effect] sounding better with certain types of music, but that isn't true. It's not event true about tracks from the same artist. It very much comes down to the recording. I think recordings with a wide presence don't really benefit from the Effect, but those that are more narrow, more centralized in your head (or even mono) benefit from the Effect.
Happy to answer any other questions out there.