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
1) Do you need analog inputs/pre-amp capability? If so the PSaudio has analog balanced and unbalanced inputs this LKS does not.
2) Both use Sabre Architecture chips, PSaudio doesn't cite which one on their website however. This LKS uses the current generation's ESS flagship 9038Pro.
3) Digital volume control on LKS, "Gain Cell" control in the PSaudio... could be a load of garbage but is an interesting idea. Reviewers seem to applaud the GCDAC for it's pre-amp capabilities, partially for volume control implementation.
4) LKS appears to do native DSD over USB with a namebrand USB receiver. PSaudio can use DoP over usb but requires I2S input for native DSD (which both units have by the way).
5) The PSaudio GCDAC does have an FPGA chip in the chain it's just not the DAC, it's a filter/former/blah blah. They do use FPGA chips in their Directstream DAC's and provide additional functionality because of the use of FPGA (adding features/updates over time to the DAC chip itself).
6) PSaudio GCDAC has a built-in headphone amp, if you don't already have a solid state amp it would be a nice addition.
Both are interesting to me as well and I don't think you could go wrong as long as you choose the right feature set. If analog inputs aren't needed and you aren't anal about DSD then I would save the cash and pickup this guy (LKS). I've had separate theaters and stereo setups in the past and plan to probably do so again in the near future so the PSaudio comes out a bit ahead for my personal use case. The home theater bypass is also a nice integration option with an existing home theater.