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
Well, unfortunately my solution isn't an easy one. It has to do with the electrical circuit the turntable + the preamp reside on. There was an issue with the load and the grounding on the entire circuit. The TT and the NAD PP2e preamp, I assure you, are fine. The grounding you're doing between the TT and the Pre is a good thought, but probably not the entire solution.
The issue I had was that the electrical circuit that the TT plugged into was noisy. I was able to close off some of the chatter on the circuit and over the next several weeks I'll be working on grounding that circuit more thoroughly. Sadly, it's not a quick or easy fix.
Best to you!
-G