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
I think you should look at some solid state combos under $100 such as FX Audio DAC-X6, SMSL M3, SMSL SD-793II DAC/Amp. Depends if you are after a Cirrus Logic or ESS Sabre DAC chip. I personally bought a thumb-drive based on ESS Sabre9018K2M chip DAC/amp that I will be able to plug into future Tube Amps (amps only).
DAC+Amp combo + 12AU7 Tube definitely exceeds a $100 budget from what I find, so the xDuoo TA-01 price seems very reasonable. Let's see how it sounds when it arrives.