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
If you're not amplifying the signal with the tube, there is no point. You're just adding the distortion inherent to the tube to whatever else in your chain you're already using to amplify. So if you're not REPLACING a transistor with a tube for the various steps in your signal chain, you are not gaining sound quality, period. In the case of this thing, you're also adding the distortion of an extra volume knob, and the bass and treble controls.
That said, the smaller version of this [FX Audio TUBE-01] was apparently tested by this Amazon reviewer and shown to, in fact, provide true signal amplification. Again: not the exact same device, and I can't verify that this person tested in an accurate way (and the Amazon review page is acting up slightly - hence the screenshot instead of a link). Still, it might be worth considering that this unit truly is what it says.
Either way, it's tricky to find units at this price point. The way I see things, if you're curious; you should probably go for it. You'll either get what you paid for - no biggie; or you get a unit that pleasantly punches above its price.
@dnogs Since I'm about the furthest thing from an expert on these things, please correct me and I'll edit as needed. I try to keep my spreading of misinformation to a minimum where possible. ^_^
I have it and I had Tube-01 previously. This one is better, but tube rolling is a must: the best for me are GE Jan series (aliexpress has 80'ies stock cheaper than Riveraudio, which didnt care to answer my quote mails - I am from Europe) and Mullards.
Whats interesting, with my Stax Sr-007MkI and SR-009 I can clearly hear the loss of the detail - even with best tubes (and I had AEG diamonds), but when on speakers (B&W 705S), this is inaudible - and the overall sound is more "pleasant" I cannot explain this, but I've decided that even if that's some kind of placebo, than for the money - why not :)