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
WHY the Micro (USB) interface? If this is MD made, why did you do this?
Here is my fear ~This tells me that this is really just an amp, and you threw in a DAC chip for a marketing requirement check off item. In other words, you get the sh--y connector, chip and a quick and dirty bypass of the RCA connector inputs and join the amplification path. No attention paid to layout and the DAC chip eco-system? Maybe your letting your ODM do a cut and paste of a dragonfly type of design/layout. Fu-- MRD's check off items. Someone needs to look at the bigger picture? BTW, IMHO, this is why Chinese manufacturing gets a bad name, not the manufacturing itself, but this kind of crap? Good lord, I saw a comment from a guy saying that the DAC sounds slightly better than his internal motherboard MAC DAC path. The Audioquest dragonfly products are excellent. But believe me, they are using the micro connector for very specific reasons, are paying for it. I am sure they replace lots of those, plus they probably really beefed up that interface. Sticking a micro cable into a very small light product is a lot gentler process than sticking a cable into a big fat heavy brick. The interface and connectors were spec'ed for light phones, PDA's and cameras.
Or maybe, you have a good reason? I want to be wrong. I really do.
BTW, the amp path no doubt is solid. VERY SOLID.
(But, I am sorry, doing this kind of thing just misleads the newbies who use the DAC. To them they just walk away from their foray into Audio with a "whats the big deal" attitude. They cannot tell why the unit does not sounds real good. Not good.)
I actually like this setup, because I run powered desktop speakers from the line out without burning hours on the tube.