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
Yes it sounds powerful(unlike Woo WA2 which is also OTL). I haven't tried any hard to drive headphones yet, but I can tell it has lot of power from my limited use so far with Porta Pro. It also sounds quite open without feeling like details are missing
Front headphone jack takes the standard 1/4 inch and also a 3-pin XLR. Anyone know the purpose of this XLR connection?
Will check out the review, although I don't think I can spend that much on a headphone, atleast when I am thinking straight
I don't think locking mechanism does anything for the 1/4 inch plug connection. It only locks onto a 3-pin XLR plug. Personally I think locking connectors are a bad idea as I could yank the whole amp with my headphones
This amp gets super hot. Even the headphone jack gets hot to touch which is something I have never experienced before. I took extra precautions to not block the vents on the bottom
On WA2 only tubes are hot to touch and amp remains cool. But on the 339 amp also gets warm including the volume knobs
Do you have any hum in the headphones? I hear the hum in the headphones,and it seems like the transformer noise which doesn't change much with volume increase. It could be the stock tubes also
I listened to it about 3 hrs straight today.. there was a slight odor but that seemed to subside.. no hum yet... I will report back tomorrow after next session... did you have hum right from the start?
Now I have it setup on a proper table, and temps are not as bad. Volume knob getting warm/hottish is definitely new to me, but its not as bad as yesterday
I had that odor too but its gone now. Hum was there right from the start. First time I powered it on, hum was too loud but it mellowed down after few minutes, although I can hear it
If reinserting tubes or the 6AS7G doesn't resolve the hum, I will try posting on headfi or contact Yuking
But on easy to drive headphones(like Porta Pro) there is a ton of hum. All this with stock tubes