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 had a change this weekend to listen to the Focal Elear and Focal utopia. This week I also just received my micro iDSD Black Label and my Audeze LCD-2C headphones. So I figured before my ears got too burned in with the Audeze sounds to do some comparisons. I also was able to hook up the Focal Utopias to a 3,000 dollar network connected moon DACrunning to a 3,000 dollar amp.
I must say the Focal Utopia were my least favorite. The Focal Elear struck a nice balance that I really liked. With headphones, I am a detail whore which Focal does a lot of. However, even for me, the Utopia were just way too much. There were pretty much unlistenable for many genres on my iDSD BL and the expensive DAC/Amp set up. I felt like the sound stage was too tight and everything was way too in your face.
Just my quick thoughts above. I think if I spent more time with the Elear, I might prefer them over the Audeze. If the Elex has less bass, like the graphs show, I am not sure I would like them as much. The current discounted price for the Audeze is killer. Elears can be found for about the same. However, the build quality of the Elears and how creaky they are is very off putting.