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
- WA7d (current drop, $649) features the Texas Instruments DAC supports hi-res music files up to 32bit/192kHz.
I hope that readers retain the fact that the original iteration of the WA7 -- the one that you first differentiate spec-wise -- is not one of the two models being discussed here, which are listed in your spec comparison as second and third.
Hey, Keefer: do you mean that you own the Beyerdynamic 1990 Pros?
The first version is not for sale on the Woo Audio site or anywhere else. The second version is the one in this drop. The new version, which we've been thinking of as the second, is actually the third.
TJG-MD also did something that no one else here has done, which is to explain what the d in WA7d means (dual digital inputs).
So to sum, the WA7d in this drop is the second iteration, not the first. The new WA7 with the Sabre DAC is the third iteration, not the second. Are we all on the same paragraph now?
The difference in iterations explains why you think you're disagreeing with TJG-MD on the specs of the WA7d when you're actually in agreement.
And this is what I found to be not correct, because WA7D has RCA analog in, as well as WA7.
From my understanding WOO has 2 gens: 1 gen: WA7 and WA7D - the only difference is TOSLINK in on WA7D(yes, Duo digital ins). Both use same TI DACS and same AMPs.
2 gen: WA7 w ESS SABRE DAC instead of TI and improved AMP section(per Woo info) without TOSLINK.
Personally I've never heard 2nd gen WA7 amp section and cant say if it performs better that 1st gen amp. But for ESS DAC I can say its pretty bright analytical DAC, and I personally prefer TI or any other like BurrBrown chips. I found them to be more musical.
This is verified by Woo Audio's product page for the WA7d:
"Multi-functional switch for Optical input, USB input, and RCA input." Note that nothing is said about RCA outputs, which is the feature that I personally would need if I were purchasing.
Contrast that description with the one on the product page for the newest model:
"The RCA connectors can be used either as RCA analog inputs or USB DAC preamp outputs."