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
Received my DarkVoice about a week and a half ago. Really like it. Really really like it. I'm running it with a GE 6SN7GTB driver (unfortunately an exposed fulfillment variant) and and RCA power tube through my K7XXs and TH-X00 Ebonys. Sounds different, smoother (albeit maybe a bit less detailed) than my Magni 3. It does something to the sound that's hard to describe. A reverb maybe? regardless, it's wonderful. It does seem to pull down the highs and the bass a bit but but I find it enjoyable.
I enjoy both the K7XXs and the X00s on a solid state amp but the TH-X00s Ebonys sound significantly better than the K7XXs on the DV. On a solid state the X00s have (imo) a touch sharp highs and borderline silly bass. The tube smooths that out. The K7XXs are more neutral to my ears on a solid state but they lack bass the the tube. Neither of these headphones are supposed to sound good on the DV based on their impedance ratings but I rather like the X00s on it. I have a set upf 6XXs coming in August... we'll see if those are significantly better. I don't find the hum bothersome and is pretty quiet after 20hrs of tube break in. Regardless i bought components to do the low impedance and fitz mods. What I did find bothersome was the hissing and crackling. I was running the DV through computer USB audio> SMSL M6>DV. The hissing and crackling was loud and terrible. It was ruining the experience for me and I was worried. I started doing some research and found 1 thread with the same issue. The guidance was to use the optical out on the computer or a different source. Unplugged the USB, connected through an Optical cable out of my computer and BINGO. Hiss and crackle completely gone. Thank god.
Final thought on tubes. My god is trying to decern what tubes are "good" a PITA. Based on reference threads and reviews one tube with the same make/model might be "tubetopia" and the other is garbage... I bought a couple of GE GTBs thinking they would be decent tubes and then I came to find out the exposed filament version isn't supposed to be very good and that's what I have... Keeping in mind it's the only tube I have, I still like it. I did some extensive (and painful) research and I now have a selection of "good" tubes coming.
Gees, I have a lot of massdrop products. Hopefully this may help someone -especially with eliminating hiss and crackle. That was a game changer for me.
A couple others have posted this, but Head-Fi's 6SN7 reference thread (https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-reference-6sn7-thread.117677/) has been a huge asset for me.