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
The HD6xx have an impedance of 300 Ohms. It's extremely likely that the built-in amplifier in your laptop can't output enough volume. So yes, an amp will make the sound better in your case, because it's possible that even at the maximum volume settings on your laptop, you'll still only hear the sound coming out of the headphones very softly.
A Digital to Analog Converter will do as its name suggests. It converts your digital music file to analog signals. An external/dedicated DAC will often do a better job at this than a built-in one. Simply put, this will result in cleaner and richer sound.
If you want something basic, an amp/DAC combo is the way to go I think, especially since in this case we're talking about a laptop. I personally use the SMSL M3 and I really like it. It should be able to drive the HD6XX. There's other similar models like the NuForce uDAC 3 or the Fiio E10K but I'm not sure if these can drive the HD6XX.
One last thing, I have to say that an amp, DAC or these HD6XX headphones aren't worth it if you don't have some high quality music files. MP3 or streaming won't do these products any justice, though I hope you knew this. Otherwise, I think you should start finding some lossless files to truly enjoy your headphones.