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
One more thing to note is that if you are using sensitive sound equipment like IEM's tubes might not be the best way to go since tubes inherently add more distortion.
As for what the difference between the HA200 and the Jotunheim is I cannot really tell you much outside the specs list and that the HA200 is just an amp while the Jotunheim can have a fully balanced DAC added for an extra hundred. I haven't owned either so it would be irresponsible to make statements. I'm most likely going to buy the Jotunheim to compare but it really looks like a sick device. At the price of 500 for a fully balanced amp/dac combo that is unheard of really.
As for your second comment the only thing people need to remember is that having two of these is pointless if you don't have a truly balanced DAC. For the price I don't see much beating the Jotunheim right now and it isn't like I'm some Schiit fanboy. Also just a note but the LC is never going to be made again according to the company so I really don't think the Jotunheim will be competing with it too often. That and the people who actually have LC's are going to fawn all over it anyway so it doesn't really matter in the end when it comes to that product.
As long as the the DAC has balanced output that is all is needed with it's standard 4V for the Nuforce to shine. All other things will have no real world difference like true balanced architecture of a DAC with multiple chips per channel ETC. I used to own the Liquid Carbon so I speak from experience, one of these would walk all over that easily and yes I'm all too familiar with its rabid fans. The point with the Jotunheim wasn't if it is directly compete with it, but rather it will be available long after the LC is gone for far less and people who lust after the LC should look into these or the Schiit if price/performance is paramount to them.