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
I like the lushness of the Dragonfly but with the ZuperDAC I am able to clearly discern the two vocalists on Mark Knopflers: Sailing To Philadelphia/Baloney Again that were a little more homogeneous with the AQ or iPhone alone.
So far, one downside is that I have to turn up the volume to 88% to reach the level the AQ can do at about 50%. I'm not talking about deafening levels here either. If playing hi resolution DSD files (tried PCM and DoP) that goes up to 94%. Plugged straight into the iPhone I can achieve the same volume at about 60% which makes me wonder whats wrong with this ZuperDAC? I know the Earsonics are high impedance/low sensitivity but both the Dragonfly and iPhone alone can play them fine.
I'll keep checking settings etc. but if this is the reality I doubt I'll be keeping the ZuperDAC as it doesn't offer any flexibility. One step down is too soft and one step up is too loud.
It'll be for use with a pair of VE Monks (looking at AKG M220 and Alessandro MS-1 in the future) with an android phone (USB-C but I have an adapter for USB-A) and my PC at home.
I'm not much of a bass head and I don't like my music too loud. (Usually listen to Classical, Jazz, Country and Pop.)
I suppose that I'll do just that then.
I use one Zuperdac off of my phone (also recommend UAPP app on phone), and another Zuperdac off of my laptop (with various earbuds and headphones and am very satisfied. Off of the laptop/zuperdac, I also use a portable amp.