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
This unit generates power via the tubes and it also produces higher levels of power at higher impedences:
100 mW @ 32 ohms/200 mW @ 120 ohms/300 mW @ 300 ohms
Unlike this unit, the Little Dot I+ has a solid state amplifier which produces power like most solid state amps:
800 mW @ 32 ohms/300 mW @ 120 ohms/150 mW @ 300 ohms
As you can see, one produces more power at low impedance while the other produces more power at high impedance.
The amount of power you will get depends entirely on the impedance of your cans and if it will drive your cans efficiently depends on the sensitivity of the drivers.
I run a pair of Fostex T50rp with a DBV #3 mod (50 ohms and moderately low sensitivity) off both my Little Dot I+ and MK III well with the proper settings and signal flow.