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
The short version of the aboves is that the A30 can drive the AKG K7XX just fine.
The D30 is connected to a Raspberry Pi 3 which runs the RuneAudio build. The Software recognizes the D30 no problem and is able to play anything I throw at it.
I'm new to this so I won't be able to tell you much about the SQ of either of the components mostly because I have nothing to compare it to but I did not experience noise or distortion that's for sure.
The manual of the A30 could be more detailed for sure. I feel since it is kind of an entry level system bought by people who are new to this hobby we need more details in the manual to help us set up everything correctly.
Is there anybody else who owns the AKG 7XX and the A30? If so I would be glad to hear your experience.
I tested the K7XX on dangerously high volumes with Earasers plugged in and didn't notice any distortions. At normal volume, I hear less of the low's and high's but that's expected and acceptable. Never bothered with testing the 3.5mm except with 3 different pairs of Sony MDRXB50AP IEM's, which all sounded noticeably better than my motherboard's analog output. The Sony's are the only IEM's I use and also my go-to for high-bass, closed-staged, noise-suppressed sound, hence their inclusion in my test. Also have some M-Audio AV40 speakers hooked up through the pass through and they perform as they should with an amp. Haven't tested the BX Subwoofer pass through with AV40s yet but I imagine my body feeling the waves pass through.
This stack does sound rightfully better than my Centrance HD. Also completely clean unlike my motherboard's 3.5mm output. Never tested the A30 without the D30 since I don't trust any of my devices' analog outputs to be clean so I cannot attest to its true power.