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
Second, output impedance isn't a cut and dried issue. See, for example, https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/musings-headphone-amplifier-output-impedance It'll also give you a bit of that OTL tube sound, if it's something you're into. That said, if you're using the amp for IEMs with crossovers, it's going to seriously mess with the FR. For planars or high-impedance cans (eg, DT880, HD6x0) it won't matter. Even the TH-x00 will be fine, because they don't have that big impedance bump in the midbass that most dynamics do.
Third, I can think of several other reasons. It has both 1/4" and 1/8" jacks, which is nice if you have a bunch of different headphones and switch between them, as I do. It has 3 gain levels, 0dB, 9dB, and 18dB, vs the magni's 6dB and 17dB. It doesn't get anywhere near as hot as the magni, especially when running on low power (my magni 3 hits 100deg easily, the A30 is typically 10deg cooler). It has a loop out instead of a preamp out, which means I don't have to use cable splitters. Oh and one last thing, it turns on instantly unlike schiit amps. My magni 3 is only delayed for a few seconds, so it doesn't really matter, but my old magni took like 10+ sec before it would start making noise. That gets old pretty fast. I know I could just leave it on all the time, but since mine gets so hot I try not to.