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 have a an NFB11 and would run a tube amp through its DAC. Phones include hifiman HE4xx, monoprice M1060, sennheiser HD6XX, Emu teak. I‘m pretty happy with my setup but know there is more though whether my 56 year old ears will appreciate nuances, I’m not so sure.
I have ave a wide range of music I listen to from classical to hip hop but tend towards rock.
id like to explore balanced at some point bub I know that’s a revamp of most of my gear -I’d need a balanced DAC first right? Then amp and all new cables.
Id like to keep a tube amp under $1000 including rolling. I don’t want to solder mods.
Any recommendations?
$200 seems like a low cost of entry here but not sure it would serve me in the long run.
Should I just upgrade my cans next?
unfortunately I don’t live in a place where I can easily go listen to gear
This is a great tube amp at its price(Woo audio WA3 or WA2 will have better tone, but they are pricey). Be sure to replace the stock tubes with some nice ones(Tung Sol 7236, TungSol US made 6SN7 is what i use), its gonna run silent and sound great.
A nice quote i found online which i found to be true "I'll take a decent amplifier with the finest tubes any day over the finest amplifier with mediocre tubes."
so you are saying go for it and forget balanced?
However, going balanced, you will have to spend a lot more for a balanced tube amp, not to mention additional cables. Balanced solid state can be had at $350 either a LCX(mid ground between solid state and tube sound) and the THX789 (don't know about it). You also dont need a balanced DAC to get the best out of LCX; it sounds identical either from SE or Balanced inputs. So if you are set on going balanced sometime in future, it is doable with out a big hole in the wallet. Just weigh your preferences and go with what you feel makes sense. Its all fun either way!