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
Source: http://nwavguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/headphone-amp-impedance.html
For further insight: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/musings-headphone-amplifier-output-impedance
I am trying to convince myself to purchase the dacmini to replace my MK III
The main diff people report is that the 1-ohm version sounds more neutral or clinical, while the 10-ohm std version sounds a bit on the warm side, so that's a matter of personal taste.. Lots of discussion on headfi.org, but it will take you forever to read it all.
The Var-Out makes the volume knob also control the line out, in case you want to use the Dacmini as a pre-amp (for powered speakers or for a plain power amp). Without that mod, the line out signal goes out at a constant level to wherever your line-out cable sends it, and volume control for that has to be done by whatever device is on the other end of that cable.
In addition, you can pay them extra to boost the amp's gain, but that's not a choice here... and is something that almost nobody needs (because if you want more power, that's what the PX model is for). Same thing for the option of having the line out be "always on"; the std configuration auto-disconnects the line out signal whenever you plug in headphones. Each of these last two options can be done later if you send the unit back to them and pay them extra for doing them, but they are not choices for this Massdrop deal.