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
Computer --USB--> R2R DAC --RCA--> 789 --> headphones?
I've got the 58x FWIW so am wondering if this is a good combo
My LCX passes through to the CTH and my THX passes through to the LCX.
THX off, LCX sounds good. THX off, LCX on, CTH sounds good. THX on, LCX off, CTH sounds bad, but here's the weird thing, I'm noticing something in the THX sound when it's connected to a powered off LCX.
Now granted, the units on my desk are all mostly pre-production prototypes from various stages of development, but it definitely seems like my LCX is putting out something strange. I'll ask our team to investigate.
Also, I am getting a balanced DAC which I will be connecting to my LCX. Will the pass through out on the RCA connections still work, or will they only work with the SE inputs?
Another user commented the RCA passthrough on LCX will not work if connected to a balanced DAC by XLR. I guess you could also input the nonbalanced DAC to SE input on LCX to passthrough to CTH, and you could select your source DAC on LCX. That way both DACs are connected and you could switch between the two to compare on LCX, but only nonbalanced DAC will work on CTH.
If your balanced DAC has an unbalanced output, you may be able to connect that directly to the CTH (in addition to the LCX by XLR). I'm not sure if the Grace balanced DAC will do both at the same time for example.
Hope that helps.
A follow up question... If both LCX and CTH are connected by the pass through, then I can listen to both? If that is the case, does the audio quality suffer?
Interestingly, the CTH sound was still distorted when the LCX was off. Turning on the LCX fixes the sound in CTH. The problem persists if switching the connections. Unplugging the LCX from the DAC also fixes the problem. So this problem is not due to the passthrough connection. The LCX must be causing some interference in the SDAC through the RCA input when off.