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 have an Objective O2 DAC which I bought from MD a long time ago. It was probably their first Objective offering. Pure DAC, no amp. Fantastic product. Clean, detailed and very neutral (not to mention very inexpensive). No longer available.
I also have a Chinese (YAQIN MC-13S 40WPC EL34 6CA7 10L) full size EL34 tube amp (details in this link: https://www.shenzhenaudio.com/yaqin-mc-13s-40wpc-el34-6ca7-10l-vacuum-tube-push-pull-integrated-amplifier.html).
It can’t pick up signal from from the DAC. It needs a preamp. Which DAC-Amp (including past or present MD’s drops) will be best able to give a clean preamp output to feed this monster? I can wait for an old MD drop to re-drop, or search outside of MD. Several tube based preamps available but mostly Phono stage devices. May not be suitable.