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
That said, diminishing returns are certainly a thing in audio, and I'm not sure how far into that the tube PSU is. I missed my chance to hear it myself at an audio show last year as I didn't realize that Woo was leaving early, so they were gone by the time I went to their room.
I'm a graduated computer engineer, so I've taken classes on electrical engineering, but that hasn't really helped me too much with this stuff. It's such a hot topic, I just want to test things myself lol. Recently I read a few interviews with John Siau of Benchmark, who is a well-respected engineer, and he briefly mentioned that he was able to measure difference between speaker cables (and that lamp/zip cord was actually pretty decent), but he didn't say any more than that as that's not what the interview was about, and it is a hot topic.
I've been very happy with my WA7 though.
I will give one warning to those that may not be familiar with tube amps: tube amps do not like being run with an open load (as in nothing plugged into them). This is especially true of tube amps with output transformers (which is most tube amps, including speaker and instrument amplifiers). The main reason for this is that an open load will cause flyback voltage to run through the output transformers and fry the insulation (especially if the amp is turned up, or if the sound of a pop from plugging or unplugging something gets amplified). That said, the WA7 has open load protection so you can leave the amp on without headphones plugged in, BUT, it is disabled when something is plugged in. Make if you guys use 1/4" to 3.5mm adapters (or vice versa), make sure you never leave them plugged in without headphones, as this will disable the open load protection, but you will still have an open load. It's a good habit to just never leave stuff like that plugged into an amp when you're not using it to be safe. I accidentally did this once a long time ago, and recently, one side of my HD 700's got yanked off the cord by accident, and I immediately turned the amp down all the way and cut the power when I caught the issues, and have had no problems, but still, you never know. Different amps use different parts and circuits, and some can fry a lot easier than others.