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
How do they compare? And what should i take into consideration? This will be my first big step into the audiophile world. Any advice will be appreciated!
For me, I doubt I can tell the difference between the two unless I listen to both at the same time. Since I need the versatility, picking the Topping would save me more money compared to the Schitt Uber, which I can use on better headphone.
The downside of picking Topping is that you can't make Schitt jokes with it.
The Schiit Uber stack will cost at least $100 more but has the option of arriving sooner than this drop. I would not recommend non-Uber Schiit versions due to limited input and output options unless you don't plan to expand your audio repertoire or like purchasing another stack when an input and/or output dies.
The Topping stack has ALL important switches on the front vs the Schiit's rear switches. Rear switches look cleaner but are less convenient.
The Topping D30 also has a higher SNR (Optical 113.2 dB vs unspecified 104 dB , wider frequency range even though most humans can't hear the extra low range (10 Hz vs 20 Hz), and comes with a USB cable (Schiit doesn't come with it).
The A30 has less power output (1/4" 152 mW vs 160 mW with 600 ohms), better SNR (0 gain 126dB vs 104dB), more gain levels (0 , 9, 18 dB vs 3 or 15.6 dB only), has 2 dedicated headphone outputs (1/8" and 1/4" vs only 1/4") that can both be on or auto detected via first plugged in, doesn't have pre-amp RCA outputs, and has 2 power impedance switches (Topping's site doesn't mention any specs about the low power and I hear no difference with the AKG K7XX's or Sony MDRXB50AP IEM's).
Only the D30 has a small wall-wart AC adapter (DC 15V 1A) and it's oriented downwards. The A30 has a mid-cord wart with unlisted voltages on the site (14V x2 900mA for 2 headphones and 6V 800mA for a single, taken from my unit). The Schiit's are both wall-warts but I don't know about their sizes, orientations, or exact voltages/amps since they're not listed entirely.
Dimensions (width x height x depth) *(I think the depth is an print error since my D30 is the same depth as the A30 minus knobs, switches, and ports at 6.5"/16.51 cm but I will list the official specs regardless) A30: 4.80" x 1.50" x 6.70" (12.2 cm x 3.800 cm x 17.0 cm) D30: 4.80" x 1.50" x 6.97" (12.2 cm x 3.800 cm x 17.7 cm) Magni 2 Uber: 5.00" x 1.25" x 3.50" (12.7 cm x 3.175 cm x 8.89 cm) Modi 2 Uber: 5.00" x 1.25" x 3.50" (12.7 cm x 3.175 cm x 8.89 cm)
http://www.tpdz.net/en/products/a30/index.htm http://www.tpdz.net/en/products/d30/index.htm http://schiit.com/products/magni-2 http://schiit.com/products/modi-2