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TheDuffer
Right ear keeps cutting out
So I have a PC38x headset that I bought a few years back. I moved away from home for work, and left the headset there with my gaming PC. I used it maybe 2 or 3 times before I left, and it always had the problem of it cutting out in my right ear phone. It makes like a crackling noise like something is loose, and then cuts out the audio entirely. Sometimes it works for a few minutes, but inevitably cuts out on the right side again. I am wondering if there is a fix? Or could I be shipped a new one?
Jan 6, 2025
Frankbarone1
Please suggest headphones for me.
Please someone here help buy a headphone for my use case- listen mostly Indian music ( old and new Bollywood songs ) . play them on my iPhone. So need to be wireless. must be light and comfortable for small ears and 3-4 hours of listening. noise canceling is not important. budget is around $150. i am not audiophile by any means and do not understand much of the jargon. Just want something that sounds good and is comfortable on my ears while I work from home. thank you all.
Jan 3, 2025
Hauntednsk
E-MU Teak Repair - Any Experience?
Hello, I am wondering if anybody has any experience contacting E-MU support, sending them headphones for repair, or getting them back fixed. Can anybody share any experience? I have been emailing them for a while now, but nobody has responded. Thank you.
Dec 29, 2024
murphdc
pc38x still has audio coming through with the volume dial turned all the way down
Finally got my hands on the pc38x. I mostly wanted to try this headset because of all the good things i heard about it. Out of the box i wasn’t really impressed. My 50 dollar astros were just as loud if not louder. After setting up an EQ on dolby access i got them sounding a little better. But one thing that really bothers me is the volume dial on the headset. When i turn it all the way down there’s so much audio still coming through, like the headset is turned up 10-20%. Is this normal?
Dec 28, 2024
MrChiSox
My little room work in progress.
It's not done, I apologize for the mess. Health issues have put this on hold. It's a small room and I'm likely to sell off my KEF 104.2 loudspeakers and some other gear after surrendering the living room to my wife after her patience of 35 years. She deserved her own little sanctuary.
Dec 26, 2024
magica
What lead/cable do i need?
i own a Drop + EPOS PC38X Gaming Headset and i need a new cable that connects the headset to the computer. i dont know what its called and i cant work out what to look for on amazon etc. could someone please help me with this
Dec 21, 2024
MrChiSox
New addition to the stable.
I made the decision to take advantage of the $600. price on the HiFiMan Arya Stealth, here pictured with the Meze 109 Pro. I think 2025 is going to be a really uneventful year so far as new purchases. I've also upgraded my Fiio BTR7 to the newly released BTR17 and I purchased the Earmen stack which consists of Amplifier, Linear PS, DAC & Streamer.
Dec 19, 2024
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1) My library includes a lot of early digital recordings. Most early direct-to-digital audio was starved for bass. It's not that it wasn't there, just that you had to EQ for it: the same detail was present but the levels were way off what the equivalent vinyl could produce. I suspect a lot of the nostalgia for vinyl comes from that early impression of digital audio as treble-heavy. Regardless, it's something I have to tune for - and something I watch for when auditioning new equipment. The EDC3s need a lot of bass EQ to produce the kind of audio from those old recordings that match the newer - even the remastered versions of the old recording - tracks.
2) My EDC3s arrived just days after my Tin Audio T2s, and about the same time I read about the "bass hack" for those IEMs. Comparing the two is surprisingly easy: while the T2s are less comfortable and less sound-isolating, I could detect very little difference between them out-of-the-box: the same bright, forward staging is present and the mid- and treble detail is comparable. Once a little tape goes over the inboard vent of the T2s, though, it's all done: the T2 goes bass-heavy - and the EDC3s, especially when playing an 80s to early 90s all digital recording, just can't keep up without a lot of help from the EQ.
I'm very happy with my purchase, and I don't feel that I got a bad deal on the EDC3s at all. And when they're playing something recorded or remastered within the last 15 years or so they're excellent. The packaging and the complete kit are also impeccable, and well worth the price tag. My one gripe is that, when listening to recordings of a certain type, age and mastering style, they come up wanting.
I used both IEMs with an iPod Classic 160 6gen, A SanDisk Sansa Clip and a Shanling M3s, playing MP3, AAC and FLAC files. All players were set to either flat EQ or a bass-enhanced mode depending on the material and session.
As I mentioned, I'm something of a special case because so much of my library is early-digital mastering which is bass-starved, and having a pair of 'buds that fill that gap without fiddling with EQ is a great help.