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
Let me touch on the general audio experience before going into your specific questions:
1. The most important in two channel audio (=one pair of speakers) is not how the technical numbers stack up but how all the audio devices connected together sound holistically. Connection happens through speaker cables, RCA or balanced interconnects, optical cable, etc. Just on the cables alone, there are books and books on it. But ultimately, your ears are the best judge. What sounds good to you, may not necessarily sound good to me, and vice versa.
2. Unless your capital resources are unlimited, very few audio system will even come close to a live performance. I have a two channel system made up of power amp, preamp, CD player, turntable, and a pair of speaker with names audiophiles will recognize and I have spent a lot of money and time putting this system together. Even then and as an example, a live performance by Catherine Russell, a renowned jazz singer, was so much more involving than listening to her CD which I bought after the show recently. This is the limitation. You can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to get to the lofty audio heaven where a turntable alone can cost you over $100,000 but the sound will be compromised. This is why after a certain point, there is a point of diminishing return regardless of how much money you put in.
3. Specific to your speaker and TEAC, the speaker Dynaudio is a recognized brand among audiophiles but I do not know your specific speaker model. Cyrus, which I have heard of, is probably a notch below the high end audio. TEAC is better known for its CD players, what we audiophiles call source equipment. However, the CD player which is made by TEAC for the high end area is not called TEAC but Esoteric.
4. So what am I trying to say here? You are not going to get a huge improvement in audio by going the TEAC route versus Cyrus. Cyrus is considered decent, as far as I know. It may sound different but again, only your ears can be the judge. However, the TEAC provides added benefit such as digital/analogue converter (DAC), optical input/output, and a subwoofer (for bass) input which makes it a 2.1 channel audio and not 2 channel audio. You can also connect a music streaming equipment to listen to internet radio stations, USB music, etc.
5. Your most pertinent question: Will TEAC drive your Dynaudio? I think it will, especially if your listening room is not too large. The speaker's sensitivity of 86dB indicates that it is not super efficient requiring a tad stronger amplifier, i.e. more watts. TEAC's rating of 26W per channel in 4 Ohm should suffice though. If you had a 8 Ohm speaker then the watts coming out of the TEAC would have been about half of 26W. That may have been tougher to drive the speaker. But in a relatively small room with 26 watt, I suspect there will be no big issue. If you listen to your music very loudly, then there may be more distortion in the system and less pleasant to listen to music.
Lastly, the reason why turntable and vacuum tube - very old technologies - are still in fashion is because they get you involved in music whereas TEAC type of equipment will provide a 'colder' and more analytical sound which is by default less involving. My two cents!
I hope my comments at least answered some of your questions. Good luck!