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
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The M8 (which I just bought) is a DAC only, without an amp, so you'll need a separate amp to power your headphones or speakers. It has a USB-B input (much better and robust than mini-USB) as well as coaxial, and optical. Since you can switch between inputs using a button, you could potentially have three devices connected to it. Output is via RCA. My mobo's onboard Creative Sound Core3D audio was picking up EMI interference from just moving my mouse, and this no longer happens with the M8 (or probably any external DAC). I can also bitstream DSD files to the M8 (via USB only) which decodes them and sends them to my AVR receiver. The only thing I don't like is that it powers itself off after ten minutes of silence - I wish there was a way to defeat that. There are a couple of ways to power it on remotely without having to press the power button - either plug it into a switched power source on a receiver, and switch the receiver off then on again, or use an X-10 or equivalent power module and cycle it off/on. The M8 turns itself on if the input power is cycled.