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
Now I'm itching to get a good receiver or desktop dac-amp to drive these monitors with for a better experience. I'm thinking of saving up money for a Jotunheim and with reasons to tell my commander (the missus) before I drop 500 on that one.
I recently picked up a NuForce uDAC 3 here from massdrop for $60. It has s 3.5mm jack for headphone (IEMs mainly) and Pre-out you can feed to the JBL and control the volume with the volume knob. I tested it and it does a good job with the JBL's.
If your still interested in a DAC/AMP that can run the JBL's and headphone the Audio-GD NFB-11 (I have an older NFB-11 and new R2R 11) is fantastic. I believe the DAC to be superior than the Jotunheim and the single ended 3.5mm jack deliver more power, but the Jotunheim balanced output is considerably more powerful. If you not using balanced headphone/cables it's doesn't matter.
Of course there are cheaper option and DAC only options if the JBL's are all you need to drive.
They now have a distributor in the Netherlands that also sells their gear: https://www.magnahifi.com/en/