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
The Massdrop DAC typo (maybe) in the product description page and the Trojans discovered in the driver download from the xDuoo website have forced me out of this drop. Bummer as I purchased a tube for this device today.
If you're doubting whether it has dual chips or if it's even a WM8740, here is a picture of the internal:
I use Malwarebytes Pro (paid version) and that has the malicious site blocker code in it.
I scanned the downloaded archive file (.RAR) with McAfee and it popped up with the detected trojans.
I'll definitely buy this if I feel confident that the manufacturer isn't gut swapping to offer their product at a lower price.
That Massdrop made a typo in the specification.
Or
That WM8470 DACs were built (since they don't currently exist), and put into custom XDuoo TA-01s built just for this drop.
I'm still concerned that the manufacturer's site is blocked by Malwarebytes and that the .rar download has 2 embedded trojans. Aren't you concerned about that? I don't feel comfortable having to deal with this company if they send me a defective unit.
Cirrus Logic owns Wolfson Micro:
http://investor.cirrus.com/news-and-events/media-center/news-details/2014/Cirrus-Logic-Agrees-to-Acquire-Wolfson-Microelectronics/
Now, go to http://www.cirrus.com/en/ and search for 8740 and notice that you'll get results. Now search for 8470 and notice that there are no results.
As for the trojans, note that "Artemis/*" is a generic result from McAfee, for when its heuristic engine detects behavior that might be suspicious. As someone else mentioned, their own antivirus scans showed nothing. I scanned that download myself with MSE, and didn't get anything either.
As for malicious code on website, Malwarebytes isn't the greatest software you would rely on as a firewall, not even Google Chrome's blocker
And just like McAfee garbage antivirus, it was very likely a false alarm. In case you're going to wonder on what did I base this claim on...below is a link that shows the number of false alarms on the antiviruses out in the market. MS Security Essentials being 0, ESET NOD32 having 1....oh look, McAfee with 10. http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/avc_fps_201503_en.pdf
So yeah, this product has been on Massdrop more than a few times already. I was one of the few to buy this here when they did the first drop and even helped them fix the specs they missed out on (RCA doubles both input and output instead of just input). If the malware was such a serious issue that existed, this would've been picked up ages ago.