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
With lossless files, though.... comparing the same flac files in Foobar with output direct to my DAC, vs. the Jplay mini player: wow. I mean, my goodness, the difference is shockingly obvious. The sound is bigger, MUCH more three-dimensional, cleaner, detailed, and overall pleasing through Jplay. I am highly suspicious that there's some trickery going on here....
JPlay's developer claims that his player uses sophisticated DSP and OS optimization to provide not just a bit-perfect realization (I mean, anyone can do that, right?), but a perfectly timed bit-perfect performance. Hearing such an obvious difference, I wonder if something else is in play, for example, merely applying an EQ setting that gives the illusion of the music sounding more present.
I'm very hesitant to shell out the cash for something that seems almost too good to be true. Has anyone else had experience with this software?