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
Unfortunately, the "why" seems to be a bit mystical and the "how" tends to remain unexplained.
There are cases where the need is obvious; with a set of Beyerdynamic cans of very high Ohmage, the circuitry in a mobile phone will be insufficient to drive it properly, and an amplifier is undoubtedly necessary.
But I'm running IEMs (and sometimes some Grado SR80s), where a high power amp isn't ludicrously necessary. I gather (and have the Fireye Minis that are supposedly a help) that some improvements in sound quality can be had in this range by using a headphone amp. To the straight questions, applicable to this sort of case...