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 bought a pair of these along with the Massdrop minimic as a gift for my brother to upgrade him from the Kingston Cloud 2 he had. But I'm really new to this all DAC and sound card thing, I usually use my Kingston Cloud usb soundcard and my Xbox One controller as a wireless soundcard for my PC.
I heard that FiiO E10K is the most popular budget solution here, but I stumbled upon Sound Blaster Omni and it sparked my interest since - it has a mic input (the mic input on his motherboard is horribly noisy and picks up impossible amounts of interference) - it has integrated mic for those moments when you dont want a second mic cable running along your headset or you dont want a mic in front of your face
But I cant seem to find a comparison of sound quality between these two. Is the FiiO a lot better at making this headset sound good? Or is the omni pretty good too? Maybe there are other alternatives with a mic input?
And one more question - for gaming and movies, is the creatives surround feature just a gimmick or should I try to pay extra to get something with virtual 7.1?
Thank you!