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
- Maverick Audio Tubemagic D1 - Garage1217 Project Ember II - Schiit Lyr 2 w/ Siemens A-Frame NOS 6922 - Schiit Lyr 3 with basically every good 6SN7 in the book - Antique Sound Labs MG Head DT (the original which is only transformer coupled) - Chord Mojo - Chord Hugo 2 - Mjolnir Audio Pure BiPolar
I have also used the HD 600 and HD 650 with tons of other amps. The K7xx will sound similar out of all of those, barring technical improvements as you move up. The HD 600/650/6XX however sound really boring and lifeless out of all of those except perhaps the Pure BiPolar and MG Head DT (haven't used it with either), but their character really improves with a nice tube amp.
And yeah it's all so subjective... I cleaned my ears for the first time in a few weeks shortly after I made that comment (lots of ear wax), and now the headphones I've been using sound brighter (for the better). lol.
My DAC is a modified Lampizator DAC4, with Duelund caps, battery powered clock, and using Amperex 6922 D getter pinched waist (~$400 ea) on output. It's since been superceded by Amber, which I've never auditioned but suspect my customizations actually sound better. Although I'm actually thinking about selling mine so my chain is fully solid state. Something like a TotalDAC or EMM DAC2X interest me.