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
Portable
Not fully balanced, amp only: Walnut F1 ($30)
Not fully balanced, dac/amp: Fiio Q1MKII ($100)
Fully balanced, amp only: iBasso PB3 ($200) (SE input only)
Fully balanced, DAP with dac/amp function: Shanling M3s ($280)
Fully balanced, dac/amp: Sabaj DA3 ($99) RHA Dacamp L1 ($260) (Uncommon balanced connector) Hidizs DH1000 ($270 msrp) Fiio Q5 ($350)
Desktop
Dac/amp: Topping DX7 ($400) Fostex HPA4BL ($480)
Amp only Aune X7s ($300) (SE input only) Massdrop Liquid Carbon Massdrop x THX 789 ($350) Schitt Jotunheim ($400)
EDIT: changed 'fake' to fully to use the correct terminology.