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
Later on, I started upgrading DACs and headphone amps, and like anything else, when you spend more, you get more. But I still use the 10K; often, for extended burn-ins of a new headphone on back-up computer; also for when I travel (this + laptop + headphone = all you need). These days, when I listen to the 10K, I never think, "That's not very good." I just listen to music & forget it's even in the chain...
I wouldn't use this amp for planar headphones, or high-impedance models (300-600 ohm). But for everything else, it gives a very good account of itself IMO.