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
Pros: They are pretty overall neutral-sounding and the built-in dac is clean and accurate. There's plenty of power, and there's no way I'd be listening at the levels this thing is capable of sending. I was surprised to see how small its form-factor was. Much smaller footprint than its predecessor, a Rotel RA-01.
Cons: No 1/4" headphone jack. I would have assumed that was a standard for stereo equipment, but isn't a deal-breaker. The headphone output is just bad. The RA-01 filled out the low end much better than the AD18. Sounds weak. I don't really like the volume control - it doesn't seem fine tuned enough for my tastes, and the click dial feels clunky. Using one dial to control every function of the unit is frustrating, but once you figure it out it's ok.