[Gaming Audio] Astro MixAmp presets + Best Audio Gear Guide + Headphone Reviews

[Grhym]

I tried it today and it works really well !

Thank you very much for the time you gave me and the help you provided !

[AMG]

Awesome!, no problem 

I think I found Emperor Potara latest EQ for Clouds 2 and Revolver: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wqoKRrRKBXUFB4cN9SBQJZ0ExD4zczBc

Answering those who asked me: what is my current Setup?.

I'm using the Mayflower ARC MK2 with Beyerdynamics DT990Pro for competitive gaming, for casual inmersion I went back to my Hifiman HE-4XX.

I'm using the Mayflower ARC on Optical mode, my microphone is a sE V7 dynamic XLR microphone connected to the Shure MVi USB Interface connected to my console, its headphone output goes to the back of the ARC Audio In, this allows me can hear party chat+my voice and control/mix its volume with the game audio that comes from the optical input, this way I have Hi-Res Audio quality and a professional microphone quality for vocals.

MVi offers EQ presets, one specific for speech that increase clarity and presence, couldn't be happier.

I can stream from my console using a pro XLR microphone with a supercardioid pattern, which is made for singing surrounded by instruments and only picks your voice, this means it doesn't pick up background noise at all, no matter how hard I smash my keys (blues switches) my friends doesn't hear a thing.

[Roman_M]

how else can you improve, or improve the sound?  what can i buy before (jds ell dac 2 + jds atom amp + bt 990 pro)?  can I connect anything else for amplification ??

[AMG]

Try different headphones, ones with lower impedance. If your sound is low, then something is off with your amp.

[mainmukit]

Hi Alan,

Do you think the Fosi Q4 is a good pairing with the DT990 Pros (80 ohms)? Its currently on sale on drop, so I'm curious to pick it up. I also have the Sennheiser 599 and the PXC 550-II (wired mode lol). It will be my first DAC/AMP combo. Do I need anything else to connect to a Xbox One X/Series X?

[Roman_M]

How to connect Audio-Technica ATGM2 microphone to xbox series X?  (I connect the bt990pro headphones to the jds amplifier, I have a cpu + amplifier from jds), I bought this separate microphone, but it does not work, I don’t know what to connect it to, to the gamepad?  or where?  how to connect this microphone to the console so that it works and you can hear everything?

[AMG]

It goes to the gamepad, you need a Y splitter that separates Mic and Headphone output, connect the Mic on the Mic Input.
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I'm not sure if works directly on the controller like on PS or you need the Xbox Headset Adapter
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I don't own a XB, others might confirm this.

[belpoutre]

I’m on series X , akg K702 ,modmic, Fiio A3 ( ek11) amplifier, mixamp pro tr, and hdmi extractor to spdif , i can confirm that the Y cable work on my mix amp, so i think it could be the same with a controller , knowing that the most recent controllers have a jack, no need for an headset adapter

[AMG]

Awesome, there you go. Thanks! belpoutre   

[belpoutre]

Awesome, there you go. Thanks! belpoutre   

you’re very welcome my lord 

[Roman_M]

Good afternoon, help me connect a microphone (Audio-Technica ATGM 2) to the xbox elite series 2 gamepad, I ONLY NEED A MICROPHONE!  WHAT WOULD HE EARN !!!!  The headphones themselves are connected to an amplifier and a sound card from jds.  * the microphone comes with a proprietary adapter, the 4-pin one is working, but it separates the sound for the microphone and the headphones, and this does not suit me, since I have to disconnect the headphones from the amplifier and connect to this adapter so that the microphone and headphones work in pairs!  The 3-pin jack (THE CLEANEST MICROPHONE, WITHOUT AN ADAPTER) does not work as it is a 3-pin jack, and a 4-pin jack is required for the microphone to work!  Today they brought a small adapter, from a 3-pin to a 4-pin jack - but it turned out to be not working.  What should I buy next to make the microphone work?  There is an option to try to buy an audio adapter - from xbox (a box that is attached to the bottom) Are there any options how to solve my problem?  I think there are people here who have xboxes.  Help please, thanks;)

[belpoutre]

Hi, personally , as i said , my modmic is connected to the mixamp in the “ headset jack” with my headset , i just use an Y cable to join the both signal in one , have you test the Y cable ?

[Roman_M]

I found out the reason why the microphone does not work, the whole point is that for the microphone to work, you need a 4-pin jack.  (there should be three stripes on the jack).  Since connecting ordinary hypers with a wire + microphone (4-pin jack) everything works great.

[Roman_M]

Hi, personally , as i said , my modmic is connected to the mixamp in the “ headset jack” with my headset , i just use an Y cable to join the both signal in one , have you test the Y cable ?

you don’t understand what I wrote .... The splitter is included with the microphone itself, but if you use it, then there will be no need to connect the headphones to the amplifier, since the wire from the headphones and the wire from the microphone will go to this splitter !!!!  I WILL REPEAT AGAIN, I HAVE EARS AND MICROPHONE GO EXCELLENT!  EARS GO TO AMPLIFIER WITH SOUND CARD, JDS.  A MICRRPHONE, ON THE WIRE GOES TO THE GAMEPAD!  BUT AS THERE IS A 3-PIN JACK IT DOESN'T WORK!  HOW TO MAKE IT EARN?  ADAPTERS FROM MICROSOFT DIDN'T HELP, ORDERED AN ADAPTER FROM AMASCHON (FROM 3PIN TO 4PIN) DID NOT HELP ..

[Roman_M]

It goes to the gamepad, you need a Y splitter that separates Mic and Headphone output, connect the Mic on the Mic Input.
.

I'm not sure if works directly on the controller like on PS or you need the Xbox Headset Adapter
.

I don't own a XB, others might confirm this.

If there is a 4-pin main jack, it will work, but ... if I use this Y-splitter, how do I connect the cpu + amplifier go now to the headphones (bt990pro), how should the microphone go to the gamepad?  (microphone audiotechnika atgm 2 * 3pin jack (two stripes) - but this jack will not work on elite gamepad 2, the microphone sees, but will not sound, as a 4-pin jack is required. (IF IT WAS ORIGINALLY 4-PIN  , IT WOULD WORK 100%. In the kit, a Y-splitter adapter was put into this microphone (it is small, there is one headphone jack, the other for the microphone), it is working, I tried. But how to connect the splitter and the connected headphones, (the headphones are already connected  to the amplifier, I don't know how to explain to you what I want ...