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
might be helpfull to know your budget and equipment given. Have you tried your iPhone - adapter - dac - amp - headphone? If yes, are you unhappy with the quality/sound?
You're aware how deeeep this rabbithole can get :)
Headphones: - Grado 350i - Sennheiser HD650 - Sennheiser HD6XX - Sennheiser HD598 - HifiMan 4XX
DAC&Amp: - AloAudio PanAm - Schiit Jotunheim - Fiio Alpen - DragonFly Red
Amp (alone): - Massdrop CTX (tube) - Massdrop Cavali Amp (Linear) - Massdrop THX (Linear) —- coming
the issue is that I use the iPhone X as source using Spotify Premium, (with the Camera Adapter) and I connect it to the PanAm DAC > Massdrop CTX > Headphone ... but I have read that the bit ratios using this system is not good enough (bottleneck in the setup then) ... I have read that it may be better to use the AppleTV to the DAC may be better, or even a raspberrypi, but I do not want a complicated setup with a PC messing around just for listening music in the sofa... what would you do?
Logical: Stop reading and searching. The only reference should be your ears (hearing ability) and taste of sound. From what you've written it seems you're fine with your pc/office sound. Take a few songs over Tidal you know by heart and compare the quality with both setups and trust your ears. Even though "correct" a/b comparison isn't possible this way, you should be able to hear if there is a significant difference.
Emotional: Buy the next "big" thing having in mind, tomorrow there will be something better. Maybe that AppleTV or something like a FiiO X5 III or better. I'm running a Thinkpad T420 as Musicserver with an Cambridge AudioDac and Valhalla 2, works perfect for me. Bought used in perfect condition, a X230 would be even smaller: http://www.softwarebilliger.de/notebooks-laptops/lenovo/ If i'm tired of cables i like to use my B&W P7W, but i'm more a speaker guy than headfi.
Decisions, decisions, that rabbithole. The question might be, do those exist to make us feel better in getting a more pleasing experience, or are they invented by industry and triggered by influencers/websites ... to get our money.
Good luck my friend, it seems we're doomed at free will.