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
These need around 1.4W (7x the power) @ 35Ohm.
That means don't turn the volume up or you'll get a clip-fest and HE4XX doesn't sound good quiet. I don't call that a good match, but YMMV.
Another option is to keep your E10K and for its DAC and drive a better amp with it. If you go that route, O2 is good (that's what I typically use with mine) if a little sterile. Magni3 is supposed to be very good as well, and has the added benefit of doing much better with high impedance cans like HD650/HD6XX etc.
Either way you're into the realm of arguing subjective differences though.