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
They are NOT a desktop system replacement. They are not for critical listening. They are not a hi-fi component.
Please be aware what you are getting. A DAC has 4 critical parts -- the power supply, the input stage, output stage, and d/a stage. A small portable unit like this may have a good d/a chip, but it won't have a high end clock, because there's not enough room, and the power supply isn't good enough to drive the crystal to its potential. The input stage won't have any isolation, clock recovery, filtering, etc. The output stage simply doesn't have the room for large capacitors, quality op-amps let alone discreet circuits and it simply doesn't have the power or heat dissipation to handle FETs so you're stuck with poor IC amps.
You are getting inherently inferior quality, and that's something that should be considered along with the price.
As far as my experience with the slim; I'm quite happy with mine and find it great for work where I can't have a large desktop solution. I've been trying it with the line level out settings feeding my objective 2 and can't decide if I prefer it more with or without the obj 2, which I consider a compliment towards the dacport slim.
25 years ago I was designing audio equipment with large capacitors and huge toroidal transformers, but those days are gone. Technology moves on and much better and smaller solutions are available now. As a successful design firm serving over 100 clients from McIntosh, to Benchmark, to Lavry, to Playback Designs, to KORG and many others, we certainly cannot be accused of providing inferior products. Our highest goal is to provide excellent quality at affordable prices! And it looks like thousands of customers agree.