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
Other than that situation (which was more an experiment than an actual intended use case as I have a desktop DAC), I have been very impressed by the DACport Slim when used as a convenient portable DAC with a great form factor. I cannot hear any noise at all when it is on low gain using closed or open headphones (HE 400s, K7xx, K553, HD 518, SR80, Koss Porta Pro). I never use the high gain setting as it would be far too loud for any of my headphones.
I do not own any IEMs as they are painful for me to use and accentuate my mild/moderate tinnitus. I envy those of you who can enjoy "very loud silence" as I have no idea what that is like! :)
So I cannot comment on whether the DACport Slim is a good match for IEMs if that is what you are into, but it is also fair to say that *MANY* other amps are not suitable for IEMs either, and definitely not at this price point.
For the vast majority of other headphones, I've found that this product offers a much more enjoyable listening experience over plugging directly into my motherboard output. The sound signature is pretty transparent, but seems somehow smoother and less fatiguing to me.
Also -- I would like to chime in and report that I've had ZERO issues from day one on Windows 10 with my DACport, so it is not completely the fault of @CEntrance . If you are having driver issues, Microsoft and/or your computer's OEM are likely the real ones to blame. Those parties would have FAR more resources to test configurations than a small company like CEntrance does.