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
Higher impedance needs more voltage swing though.
It 's a bit pricey, especially with good tubes it requires to sound good, but if you can find one used (so you can resell if needed), it may be worth considering, for a home setup of course.
maybe it's worth going to an electronic store with good setups, to see if it's possible to have the bass you want, first.
Also, buying a used, popular amp or/and dac can be a low risk investment.
Also, if your iphone is anything like my brother's iphone, quality is not exceptionnal (including bass), and a cheap amplifier might make them sound worse, actually, especially with higher impedance cans....
the dragonfly suggested above maybe worthwhile for a device with usb output.
Otherwise, if you want a portable media player for high quality cans like hd58x, i would look into something like fiio, cowon or phillips devices, or something like that.....i have not try any portable media players recently, so , again it would maybe be worthwhile to go to an electronic store where you can try them out.
I had one a decade ago maybe and it sounded susrprisingly good. It seems, as i read, they are not all equal though, from generation to generation....
Regarding a portable setup, the dragonfly has a 125$ model which looks interesting and should be an upgrade to the iphone at the very least. it has a very good DAC chip and is small.
Otherwise the «topping d10» for around the same price has a bit better components, but you must have a usb source and is a bit bigger. Looks like an unbeatable price to performance ratio.
i have not listen or owned both so i can only assume.
edit: you need an amp for topping d10, but not d50!