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
I'm very close to pulling the trigger on this drop but TBH I am hung up debating the Dangerous Source, which given my budget would probably be where I'd land - if not for the awesomely tempting price on this drop. It is cheaper gear of course, from a technical standpoint having no internal clock (probly ok with my Apollo), and necessarily cheaper componentry (there are actually four dacs inside, a wall-wart power supply that apparently helps to replace with a third party linear power supply for best performance, and I hear some say the volume knob audibly diminishes fidelity vs bypassing it). So I'm confident in reasoning the m920 will sonically outperform the Source, but I have no idea by *how much* - does anyone have a sense if that gap is going to be subtle vs a big step up?
My use case is mixing, often drum and bass heavy EDM, so I'm looking for ultra-precise dynamics and very accurate bass in particular. I have a treated room and good monitors, and Grado RS-2 headphones but I barely use headphones anymore (maybe that will change?)
(Also, funny thing: I have an Eventide H8000 fx unit that I didn't realize has much better converters than my Apollo. I'd been using the Eventide as an fx processor only and not for primary monitoring. Whoa.)