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
If people want ergonomics, and a "cool retro design" at the expense of quality sound, then, OK, God Bless You.
What they’ve done here is create an evolution of their progression through DACs which include headphone amplifiers. The big key with the sound is that it is full and silky, if you wanted my opinion on an adjective for how I feel about the sound. It definitely is _not_ clinical. This is actually the last device that I purchased which stopped my hunt for a DAC (I’ve been through Schiit’s Modi 2, Bifrost Multibit, a Geek Pulse X, and an Audio-GD NFB28 before realizing that I enjoyed NOS DAC sound). The only other DACs that I still own are an OL DAC (just small for the work office) and a TDA1543 NOS DAC that I use with my electrostats. Otherwise, the silky sound out of this UD-503 reminds me of what I get out of Philips DACs (which is specifically the smooth and silky sound that I like).
From a power perspective, this amplifier is strong. It really only shows slight weakness if I give it a super hungry driver (e.g. Fostex T50RP). I purchased my Audio-GD Master 9 before I found the UD-503, else I doubt I’d even own the amplifier myself—that’s saying a lot (I hope) about how I feel about the headphone amp built-in.
The design features are trendy. The feet here have the “vibration absorbing” design to it, and the screen looks good. The smooth knob feel and the general build quality is extremely good.
Hope that helps!
I also own a pair of Beyer T1v1's that I use with this setup, and it's one of my favorite headphones in my collection. The sound is exactly on-point! The only modification that I have performed on the Beyer was when I drilled out holes for Mini-XLR jacks, so that I can run removable cables and my balanced setup.