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
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2. AKG K7xx Massdrop Edition. These sounded good with the Olive ONE and Geek Out, but are much more dynamic through the SMSL.
3. HifiMan HE-560 Planars. There is just not enough power with either the Olive ONE or the Geek Out 450. These headphones were also very disappointing when I initially received them, but that is because I simply didn't have a suitable DAC/Amp. Using the High power jack on the VA-2 amp, the HE-560s finally sprang to life. For kicks, I replaced the SMSL M8 DAC with my old Theta DSPro Basic IIIa fully balanced DAC (R2R DAC, I believe, not Delta-Sigma) while keeping everything else the same, and wow, everything got bumped up another notch.
4. Audio Technica ATH-M50x. These are the only closed-back headphones in my collection, so this is the only pair that goes to the office. Bass slam, decay, transient response, etc. were all noticeably improved after adding the P1 linear power supply.
The P1 was momentarily on sale for $128 at Amazon when I grabbed it. The difference it makes justifies the price. The LPS from LH Labs, for example, is around $500 or $600 MSRP, so this was a no brainer for me.