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
Would it be possible for someone to try listening to the same song and see if they hear the same problem?
Slightly more distortion and less flat than the Audio-GD NFB-11, which is also excellent but with somewhat less jitter and slightly warmer, more tubey, less fatiguing sound. That having been said both of those have really flat frequency response, low distortion and are really quick and jitter free relative to anything else. I prefer the R2R11 to the NFB-11. Even if you have speakers that cost 6 figures a pair, the speakers will add more to the non-flatness of the frequency response and distortion than either of those will and humans are remarkably sensitive to timing/jitter even though we subconsciously associate both with a general subconscious sense of quality rather than anything we can put our finger on.
Both outperform most stuff I know of at anywhere near their price including the O2/ODAC and Schitt Stack or Schitt Modi Multibit -> Jotunheim -> Headphones for that matter.
Is the odac and amp rev b or original? Rev B versions do have better stated specifications thought I haven't ever done an A/B. If you haven't ever done any serious audio listening and are mainly listening to Spotify/iTunes or maybe Tidal HiFi or something similar, get the cheaper separates. They are more than good enough to get you started and figuring out what you really like. You won't hear any material sonic differences between them now. You are probably going to be upgrading over time and upgrading one component at a time is easier.
Also if you have a Macbook Pro, the audio out from a Macbook is really quite good relative to most computer analog audio outs so you could get started even without a DAC. The amp will help a lot to help you get the most out of the Sennheisers. Then wait for a good deal on a DAC.
Nfb11 really tempting but it has highest shipping costs n extra paypal charges taking it to 367 dollars! Others shipping costs in the 20 30 range kuz lighter ofcourse. Hence, Audio gd is wayy above my budget unfortunately. i getcha when you say a loss to sell n upgrade later, i won't be satisfied with a simple o2? Never upgrading.. I will only have 1 hd6xx.. No speakers etc.. If only the massdrop o2 u suggested earlier was available, i would have an amp dillemma solved. :) or i wait for it to come back maybe..
A friend ordered some tube stuff which was supposed to have matching tubes. The tubes were from different brands. Their response was that they match by measurement, not brand. This sounds interesting if you don't have any knowledge about the issue and don't know how to measure things because given what the brands actually were and the range of measurements you actually get from them it's extremely unlikely they would have been even close. He measured, not close, demanded a refund or replacement of the tubes. They refused because the tubes were now used having been used while being measured......
Customer service(?) is email only. They have a phone number but you can only leave message. Nobody will call you back. You will have better luck calling someone in a foreign country who doesn't speak English.
I have heard Schitt equipment and have not been remotely impressed. Treble is way accentuated. This is an easy way of making newbies think they "hear stuff they don't with other equipment" and impress them. It actually leads to listening fatigue if you really want to listen. Then read about the incident with nwavguy. Their excuse is that they didn't carefully check amplifier measurements that even amateurs make which are necessary to ensure the amp doesn't damage headphones, followed by a description of a different problem in some high end systems which require a certain sequence of turning on and off to distract people who don't actually get audio, when in fact the defect in their amps was something totally different and far more serious. The problem is that in this case Schitt amps were doing things that could damage headphones even with no source connected and the volume way down. Supposedly they "remembered" testing and "remembered" different measurements which makes no sense. Then of course Schitt gear does weird stuff. For example, most high end pre-amps and amps will short the inputs that are currently not being used to ensure there is absolutely no signal bleed from them. Connect even the highest end Schitt DACs to genuine high end equipment that does this and the DACs basically go kaput. Etc, etc..
You may want to consider eBay. You can get some amazing deals on lightly used audio gear that is really very, very good. I just bought a DAC at a really good price this weekend myself.