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
With the hd6xx/hd650 theres a strong recommendation for the darkvoice/bottle head/other high output impedance amps. For grados/other low impedance cans low output impedance amps are recommended (little dot 1+/magni 3). But no one mentions amps that have output impedances that match the 150ohm headphones. Going by the 1/8th rule the output impedance should be around 18.75. For example, schiit valhalla is rated at 14ohm output impedance.
I'm currently using my hd58x with a darkvoice and it sounds nice, but it makes me wonder how they'd sound with an impedance matched amp. Would there be better synergy? Am I missing something? Do I need to buy a third amp (currently DV and LD1+)?! etc....
There are a couple forum threads with people asking about this question, but none of the answers were particularly helpful.
I found a review that listed the output impedance of a bunch of other amps too:
https://audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?attachments/aune-x7s-headphone-amplifier-vs-arcam-rhead-output-impedance-measurement-png.15034/