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
A of all, if you are using an adaptor to go from Aux to Optical, you are really not using a digital source for your audio unless the adaptor has a built in DAC which is unlikely and again requires an additional piece of equipment and expense that could have easily been included in the product itself.
B of all obviously most computers even budget computers have an Auxillary out, that is not the point... The point is direct digital output is preferred, and USB is the common standard, not optical for the large majority of consumer grade computers. Even if your point made sense, you really cant think of a reason someone might value good sound quality and not necessarily need a high performance fully featured computer??
Computer>USB>Powered speakers creates a very simple high quality option for sound and probably the most common next to Aux which is lower quality. Optical is less common on common computers, and more common on task specific devices like blu ray players, gaming units, etc... My point is that if you have those task specific devices you likley need multiple inputs, vs if you are only using a computer, just having USB should do the job.
There is a reason most other powered speakers in this size/price range offer it, and Kanto even has it on there entry level speakers, just seems silly to me to remove that option as you go up the product line
adapter: https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-102671-Toslink-Female-Adapter/dp/B001V5HQAU/ paint a better picture: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204392 (see image and item 1b)