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
Edit: Pretty darn good looking piece of equipment though.
It doesn't matter if it's the cheap tube or the expensive, holland/usa gold/white label. It doesn't matter if it's gold plated or not. Just make sure to ask the buyer for leaks, noise and microphonics. If they vouche for and say they'll take a return if you are unhappy with the tube, then go for a good cheap one and listen to it til it burns out!
Welcome to the tube life. And don't buy the tubes from thailand/China/etc, they're fake!
https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/massdrop-x-alex-cavalli-tube-hybrid-amp-cth-page-2
Just kidding about Tyll (though he's shown his bias in the past: he wants money like everyone else), but Cavalli's affordable amps are known for their warmth so just imagine a tube amp of it. Electro Harmonix sound very flat with a recessed midrange (to me) and good top and bottom extension. I consider it a cold-sounding tube. I would imagine on a warm amp it would sound good with the hd650.
I'm using a lyr 2, which is definitely a more clinical sounding amp so I enjoy the extra warmth coming from amperex tubes (good bass, liquid mids, slightly rolled off treble <-- I don't have this issue but I use beyers). And of course I don't want him to go nuts spending money on tons of tubes, cause a lot of what people want out a tube and think they are getting out of a tube is fallacy. I don't know how the CTH sounds so I do hope it takes on a tube-like characteristic, some hybrid amps don't use the tube for sound much, if at all.
Personally I'm going to listen to the stock tube for at least several months rather than roll right off the bat. And any advice I take will be from people who have already rolled in the same amp.
I'd also be inclined to believe the guy who designed it. Alex Cavalli posted further down in this same thread, which I hadn't read until today. First, the amp sounds pretty good out of the box, at least to me. But, as we all know tubes take about 50 hours to clear out the impurities still clinging to the various internal parts and SS portions do need some time. I don't think it's necessary to do a marathon break in session for 10,000 hours before listening. My experience has been that after about 25 hours playing music the amp begins to take on its full character. And then after that it evolves into is inherent sound signature.
I mean, you've already trashed Tyll and called him a commercial sell-out. Apparently a couple of random ebay links and some randomly thrown out text is all that it takes to be the real expert.
This desperate need to come across as an authority on Massdrop is sad. You even need to go around recommending tubes for an amp that you have zero experience with. Yet you criticize others who talk about this amp, that they've heard IRL. You seem to be missing the irony here.