pompower
New Head-Fier
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New guy here.
Just want to start off by saying this is a great forum that I have lurked many times in the past in order to get audio gear insight. Keep up the good work
Anyway, basically the very tip of the plug on my Shure SRH840's broke off in my Macbook's headphone jack. My friends have tried literally everything (superglue trick, trying to release the plug, taking laptop apart) to get it out but it'll be impossible without completely dismantling the laptop which is something I don't particularly trust myself or anybody else with. The annoying thing is that because the plug is stuck in there, it's completely disabled the speakers and any kind of controls in system preferences too, which is incredibly frustrating, and a serious flaw in MacOS.
So, because I don't particularly want to shell out a ridiculous amount of money for a new Logic Board, I talked to my audiophile friend, and he suggested I buy a DAC. The FiiO E7 specifically. Now to me, this looks like an excellent cost effective way of solving this problem, which I might add is extremely detrimental to my interests.
However, he has had no experience with this product, or my situation. I don't question his judgement, but I am wary as money is tight.
So essentially, my question to you is: Will this fix my problem?
Thanks in advance!
Just want to start off by saying this is a great forum that I have lurked many times in the past in order to get audio gear insight. Keep up the good work
Anyway, basically the very tip of the plug on my Shure SRH840's broke off in my Macbook's headphone jack. My friends have tried literally everything (superglue trick, trying to release the plug, taking laptop apart) to get it out but it'll be impossible without completely dismantling the laptop which is something I don't particularly trust myself or anybody else with. The annoying thing is that because the plug is stuck in there, it's completely disabled the speakers and any kind of controls in system preferences too, which is incredibly frustrating, and a serious flaw in MacOS.
So, because I don't particularly want to shell out a ridiculous amount of money for a new Logic Board, I talked to my audiophile friend, and he suggested I buy a DAC. The FiiO E7 specifically. Now to me, this looks like an excellent cost effective way of solving this problem, which I might add is extremely detrimental to my interests.
However, he has had no experience with this product, or my situation. I don't question his judgement, but I am wary as money is tight.
So essentially, my question to you is: Will this fix my problem?
Thanks in advance!