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
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Another frustration I think people have is that Massdrop has gotten into the habit of announcing new variations of products within a month or two after a drop has ended. Things like the Fostex THX having multiple models within a few months of each other, various planar designs coming out shortly after each other, and now on the amp side of things with model after model shortly after other drops have finished. Most of the time even before the previous product has even shipped yet. It might be more beneficial to customer goodwill if you announce in advance when you plan on introducing a whole new product line that will include an unbalanced amp, a balanced amp, and a combo unit that all 3 types will be coming, and thus people can plan accordingly instead of jumping on the hype train and then cancelling an order when they see a new one they want more.
As for your next project, it looks like this "stack" needs a balanced DAC in the same chassis design to stack with this amp and maybe even a linear power supply for all the amps and the *maybe coming* DAC. I see a lot of other people here asking for the balanced DAC too.
Would it be possible for you to contact Kingwa from Audio-GD and see if you can get a collaboration going on one of his cheaper DAC designs? He is already a Chinese manufacturer, but isnt in the mass market stuff and is more the audiophile hand built type just based out of China. Maybe you can convert one of his designs with an ES9028 DAC into a nice, somewhat cheap balanced DAC design. The ES9028 can be had in a fully built board unit for $150 on Ebay so I know those DAC designs *can* be had in balanced configuration for rather cheap. And Audio-GD has a great sound and quality so it would be really great to see a collaboration product between your two companies.
So to me , at least, it's a word game that Alex at Cavalli is making no more vs. farming them out to China and MassDrop just using his designs, it IS called the Cavalli X MassDrop Liquid Carbon so we can agree to disagree. I mean a MassDrop Discount is fine but a whopping 60% is a tuff nut to swallow as it destroys any resale for the future when one wants to take that next step up. I am all for discussion but in the end it means I should have bought the Schiit Mjlonir 2 and the been lucky to buy the Cavalli x MassDrop LQ now... I really am not into collecting Headphone Amps that can be for others. :-) Money is very hard to come by for most of us and being hit with a loss like that hurts, just how it is, but I did learn a valuable lesson... When you have that matching balanced DAC I will be in. :-)
Further, Cavalli is the one responsible for okaying and providing the plans and specs for the production run by Massdrop so why wouldn't folks hold him accountable?
Does your LC somehow sound worse now that a Massdrop version has been announced? Do you somehow derive less enjoyment from listening to it?
Continuing to use Schiit as your counterexample, Schiit has introduced lower priced products that have affected the resale value of existing products when they cannibalised their own market (e.g. Asguard and Magni). If we preserve the status quo with audio products, they'll continue to stay expensive and unreachable to a lot of people. As someone without a vested interest in high prices or emotional investment in existing gear, I'm happy that there is progress here.
I have no malice for anybody getting one for $299. I just feel how I feel. A discount is nice to others and I never begrudge others a good deal. I just want the best I can get for the money when I have it that's all. Gear changes all the time as do prices. My first amp was a Schiit Lyr there is now a Lyr 2 and I and there is ZERO reason to be upset by that. You may not get where I am coming from and its all good, just realize its more than JUST reselling for later...
Yes that was a pun. I have nothing else useful to add. Sorry, but I couldn't help myself! :)