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 Q1 MKII puts out 220mW in Balanced output, so I was pointing out that to get comparable power you have to use the balanced connection. That seems to be a trade-off with devices that offer balanced.
Also, 110 dB is the threshold of pain and no one will be able to tolerate it for than a few seconds. It is like standing a few hundred meters from a jet engine.
I can send you the links if you are interested. You will go down the rabbit hole.
These articles talk about it more in depth: http://www.shure.com/americas/support/find-an-answer/understanding-earphone-headphone-specifications and https://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/14017381-headphone-impedance-and-sensitivity.
Also, for under $200, the iFi nano BL gets my vote. It powers my Senns and Focals with gusto and offers an equally remarkable experience for my IEMs that are sensitive at 9 ohms. Really a great jack of all trades.