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
What I am waiting for is my modmic to come in. I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to get static from my modmic through my onboard mic in. If I do, I'll probably have to look at an external soundcard.
Also, I'd say my budget is pretty flexible. I just want something to drive the AKG 7XX really well.
I think most amps will be able to drive these since the impedance is only 32 ohms.
I have the K702 65th Annies (which are very similar to the KXX) and went from Audioengine D1> Fiio E17> JDS O2> Fiio E09K> Schiit Asgard 2. I heard a very obvious sound quality difference going from the 200mW E17 to 613mW O2, and a lesser but still noticeable jump to the 900mW E09K then very little jumping up to the 1,000mW Asgard 2. There was more "depth" across the mids and fuller bass with the higher power amps.
The AKG K/Q7-- series is more current hungry than voltage hungry, so the 62ohm impedance is kind of deceptive. The sound quality scales up as you add power. I don't have anything over 1,000mW so I can't say if it scales well beyond that point.
I can also get them stupid loud on the measly 100mW Audioengine D1 at about 25% volume, but loud does not sound the same as the fuller/deeper sound from the higher power amps.