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
you will need good soundcard or dac/amp, I meant good headphone with bad sound source, that just going to waste it. I have maximus VII Hero, the onboard Supremefx has amp, but I am using audioengine D1 for headphones, D1 makes it night and day, even d1 not really an amp, it just dac/phone amp combo, but it drive my Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO 250 ohm fine, and I just waiting on this K7XX come to try on for open sound.
There is one dac/amp at the drop right now https://www.massdrop.com/buy/xduoo-ta-01-dac-amp
also good add on to the headphone
http://www.amazon.com/V-MODA-BoomPro-Gaming-Headset-Headphone/dp/B00BJ17WKK/ref=pd_bxgy_23_img_z
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00KAST95Y/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
As for the Tube amp / Dac on MD, it looks nice but I was looking for something semi-portable that I would be able to take to work. It's something I'll still consider if it gets enough joins to unlock the minimum price.
Thanks again, Slaander, for all your suggestions + help!!!
This SMSL M2 is definitely worth the look at it's price point though.
[edit]: you should also note that the FIIO uses a 96kHz dac while the E5 uses a full 196kHz, but I don't think people with the most analytical ears could hear a difference on 196/96kHz highs. both are 24bit still
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/creative-sound-blaster-x7-amp-dac-combo
The top one was from a group buy somewhere. Bottom one I ordered from headnhifi, like the case much butter on that one
(edit)btw I typically wear the DT 880 300ohm at home and DT 770 Pro 80ohm at work since even at modest volumes blocks out all the other noise from the office :)
The amp I used before was an astro mixamp. Worked great for games since you had two audio inputs and could crossfade between the two. Idea being one input was for the game and other input was for mumble, vent, teamspeak, etc but you could also have an mp3 player plugged in to it. Also had a mic in although I use a USB mic. Sound quality was allright until I made the first O2 (even before the ODAC was released) and it sounded so much better. Likewise I'm sure the E5 would blow the pants off the mixamp. Should look in to one of the little usb midi controllers on MD since I did really like having phsyical crossfading between inputs...
there really should be a general forum for people like me to ramble on instead of only commenting on specific items. Although I've seen MD hint at that a few times
For personal / a friend I would solder these rather than buy the final product to save ~$50 it's a no-brainer. The harder part is convincing the wife that she needs it.