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
A preamp would be needed just to achieve volume control unless your DAC can do it. But I'll start tossing some names out now for active speakers: Adam Audio (F5 or A3X), Vanatoo Transparent One which even has its own DAC built in and it sounds impressive when using it.
A passive alternative to the A3X would be the Ascend Acoustics CBM-170SE which I use as my front channel speakers. Very nice, neutral sounding speakers. The Audioengine N22 is a nice little Class A/B amp for it, but I would rather get the Amp Camp Amp kit which is very easy to build and just can't be beat for the price (~$300 class A monoblock amp designed by Nelson Pass who makes hands down the best speaker amps). You may be able to eventually replace the switching power supplies for a linear one that may improve the sound like a Sigma22.