I may have a severe case of bad luck or something weird is going on here

Headphones Headphone Discussion / Help
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That… was probably, mostly, because of the carpet? Anyway, obviously the best thing would be to go portable… Something like that (I don’t know much about DAPs):
https://www.amazon.com/FiiO-Resolution-Lossless-Bluetooth-Support/dp/B07HRHJX9N/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fiio+dap&qid=1608907778&sr=8-4

Either that or, yeah, ask an electrician for a ground. Otherwise it’s like playing Russian roulette with your headphones :grimacing:

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I’ll probably do both hahaha

I found that the XDuoo you recommended does have a toslink, runs on battery and is powerful enough for my needs. I could sell the FiiO and get the XD-05 basic from aliexpress and it’ll probably solve my issues I guess. And as a bonus I could probably run it on a Anker Powerbank that I have to get more juice out of it.

But I’ll call an electrician anyway, I have some expensive electronics and my PC is my workstation, I can’t play the russian roulette on that. I guess I was lucky that “only” the headphones died.

By the way, thanks for the suggestions! I’m glad I created this topic here, it’s been really helpful

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Just a quick update.

I got the headphone back from Sennheiser, they replaced the right driver, the coil was busted, just like the first headphone.

I sold my FiiO K5 Pro and got a Xduoo XD-05 Basic. And I’m loving it, it much better built than the FiiO, it reeks quality on the materials and buttons. Supplies plenty of power for the HD660s. I’m running it with a Anker power bank and optical cable, I’ll have to keep recharging it until I move to some house that has grounding.

What I noticed from the XD-05 Basic is that it doesn’t make any popping noises when I turn it on or Off, I guess it mutes the output when turning off.

I also made a different cable for the HD660s. I bought a new cable from sennheiser and Soldered a Mini XLR on the middle of it, so it’s acting like a Y Splitter. It’s pretty convenient actually, I can change the cables without fear of damaging the headphone connections and disconnect the headphone without shorting the 6.35mm jack.

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Cool, I hope your issues are over :+1: