To me, it sounds like your interface is the main issue here. It might be possible that some sort of static surge from a USB ground loop could have damaged the interface. I would think that the headphones are robust enough to survive that. That being said
Which Beyerdynamics do you have? if youāre plugging them into portable speakers (headphone out, I assume), I doubt the speakers have enough oomph to drive the beyerdynamics. Iād try plugging your headphones into something that can handle the input impedance of the headphones.
Iām honestly not a huge fan of ASIO4ALL in that itās not actively maintained and I had to buy a Mac or use an iPad to have class compliant drivers work well. I havenāt had issues with my Cycles on PC and the ASIO4ALL drivers with a short test when first getting them and a few recordings but I havenāt done a lot of that A/Bing and flipping back and forth.
So, cycles does transmit audio via usb with FL studio Asio, but as an audio interface itself, its horrible. Cycles headphone input is literally broken, and produces no audible frequency, I tested other headphones. I know for sure the cycles is defective regarding its headphone input. as far as the interface, it was working perfectly before I connected cycles via usb, a week after having it, it just crapped out.
Wait - the Cycles only has a headphone output. As an interface, it can only output sound from your computer / source. It has no inputs for piping audio into your computer.
Its not so much the volume, there is literally no bass frequency left at all in the headphones, and it sounds like the speakers were blown. I have used to DT770s with my portable speakers before just fine
cycles also has left right output, and it has no inputs as a traditional audio interface would have. However, it should work as a basic interface, mine however worked like a piece of junk this way
That might just be bad timing. USB audio should be totally good from Cycles unless buffer is too low or the USB cable is crap.
side note: Apparently there are two types of USB C, one for data and power and one for charging (if I remember what Nick Bat was talking about) using a charging cable for data would cause problems. Correct if Iām mistaken
Sound on Sound did a review, this is what they said
The USB port provides MIDI comms with your computer, and lets you use the Cycles as a stereo audio interface. Sadly, thereās no Overbridge for plugāin-based control and DAW integration. However, you can stream audio using the audio interface feature, and I like that you can choose not to include the effects. Unfortunately, I never got this to work.
The difference between a charging and a data cable is that the chargers are missing the extra wires/pin connections for data. It wonāt be problematic beyond that you wonāt see the data connection on your PC, but itād still charge your cellphone.