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
Anyway, how bad/good are the drivers on windows? Is there an open source driver option?
Also, I guess I should ask how it sounds compared to the monoprice amp/dac (similar price) and onboard audio. My headphones don't have a high impedance.
honestly, this unit is "meh"
I would just recomend you buy a real amp and then a dac latter or just go straight for the o2 ODAC combo or a schiit stack.
this DACAMP is mediocre to shit range and will leave you wondering why you didn't just spend the extra money to get a proper AMP the first time around
because i'm not one of those audiophiles who want top of the line equipment/sound. I'm just a person with mid-range headphones (HD 598) who finds this DAC/AMP combo's features, specs, and I/O "fun" and sufficient enough for my needs.
will it suffice for that, or is it really that terrible? I'm wondering about the driver situation, and that's it.
$50 maybe, $100 no, just get a Schiit Magni 2 or something and role with internal DAC