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
Fellow audio engineer here. Funny, I actually just recently got back from a conference that demo'd some DAPs. I got a chance to listen to the Sony NW-WM1Z paired with a WooAudio WA8 amp. I was more impressed with the prices than I was with the actual audio that came out of the devices.
I'm always a skeptic when it comes to insanely priced audio gear. As an engineer, we have the science to prove whether a product can do everything it claims to. And sure, a lot of these things can do it all, high resolution audio, proper amplification, the works. Human auditory perception is limited though, specially at age. There are diminishing returns when it comes to high performing devices and the prices they come in. I'm saying all of this because in my humble opinion, I don't feel it's necessary to spend so much money on a DAP/AMP when we have mobile devices with enough processing power to accomplish the same thing. As far as amplification, there are affordable options for that too.
Phones are capable of playing back lossless files with the right media player. VLC for iOS and Android can play flac, alac, and wav. The software can output up to 192khz. Mobile devices, are mostly limited to 44.1khz:16bit but there are accessories to extend this capability also.
Enter the mobile DAC/AMPs: http://www.cozoyaudio.com/ http://www.audioquest.com/dragonfly-series/ These override the native 44.1khz:16bit and render the proper sample rate and bit depth for the media you're listening to. These in combination with the lossless media players can turn any phone or tablet into a high performing DAP/AMP. Don't take the capabilities of your Galaxy device for granted.
Something to think about.