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 found this from the thread: I was configuring foobar2000 for DSD following the Yulong instructions (http://www.yulongaudio.com/en/shownews.asp?id=32). The foo_dsd_asio driver was not appearing. Then reading the foo_input_sacd component installation readme.txt file I realized that the ASIO Proxy needs to be installed. Yulong instructs to set the foo_dsd_asio PCM do DSD Method to none. This will allow foobar2000 to play PCM as PCM and DSD will be bitstreamed to the DAC as DoP. Then I became curious about this PCM do DSD feature. If you choose any method from the list the driver will upsample the PCM source to DSD. It really works. I installed the latest version (0.6.5), just released. The proxy not only works with foobar2000. It is installed into the Windows and become available to players that use ASIO. I tried it with JRiver MC 18. You just need to select the foo_dsd_asio in the output mode settings. Clicking on "Open Driver Control Panel" will open the driver's control panel window. There you can choose to upsample PCM to DSD. The bitstreaming must be set for Custom/DSD. Do not set DSD over PCM (DoP). I still need more time to decide whether the upsampled output sounds better or not. My first impression is that I liked the original not upsampled better. To my ears the upsampled output sounds smoother but the dynamics is smoothed too. The music sounded slower and less engaging. I only tried the SDM Type A and SDM Type D(FP32). I was using the speakers and still need to experiment the various options with headphones.
To download the latest foobar SACD decoder (includes the ASIO proxy): http://sourceforge.net/projects/sacddecoder/files/foo_input_sacd/ To download just the proxy: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sacddecoder/files/foo_dsd_asio/
I'm not sure whether I have ASIO proxy installed as above mentioned, need to read foo_inpu_sacd readme tonight.
Edit: Disregard that, forget about the sox resampler, just set the foo_dsd_asio to SDM Type B, DOP Marker 0x05/0xFA . I think set DSD64 for 2.8mhz, DSD128 for 5.6. Confirmed working, front panel says USB DSD and filter mode changes to 50,60,70 khz. Used the 64 bit asio binary btw and 64 bit asio output in foobar, though I am running windows 7 x64 so the 32 bit binary didn't even show up in foobar.
Also yes, it seems you need to turn the DA8 on for the usb to recognize, so it should be turned on to ensure the drivers install correctly. Its similar to the audio-gd usb32 in that the usb power seems to come completely from the DA8 itself and not from the computer's 5v line.
Second Edit: Seems its possible to put it into DSD mode using the foo_dsd_asio plugin, then setting the SoX resampler to 384khz. Of course, since the DA8's screen says USB - DSD I have no confirmation its doing just that, but it appears to play, which is a positive step.