Audio bleeding into mic with Combo to double jack splitter

MatteRB26 · 1 Mar 2022 at 09:20

Quick background: got an Arctis 5 for Christmas which I intended to use USB as my onboard was bad and couldn't use headset and speakers. I also got the ASUS Xonar soundcard which was awesome with my Siberia's but the Arctis 5 is a combo headset/mic jack.

All my jacks are either input or output on my sound card, I don't have a combo jack. I looked at the official SteelSeries splitter which was £6.99 - but I'm not paying £10.99 shipping from SteelSeries for a cable.

Bought one linked from a friend, JSAUX (looks like a regular "multi-brand" adapter)

My issue: Headset mic has audio bleeding from the speakers. It works fine over USB and using the combo jack included on my work PC.
If I use USB on my personal PC it's fine.
It's only an issue when using the adapter, possibly poor shielding?

Finding an adapter that isn't the same as every other adapter with a different name is quite difficult.

Any adapters that I can expect to work properly, or do I need to suck it up and grab the official one?

Admetos · 6 Mar 2022 at 17:03

Yes it's very possible the cable is the issue.

The issue with the generic / mass produced cables is the shielding can be poor, you won't know until you test the cables.

You might have to buy the official combo cable.

MatteRB26 · 6 Mar 2022 at 17:36

That's what I was thinking... Trying to find a product that doesn't look identical with a different name is hard.

I'm even considering selling the Arctis 5 and buying a 3 to be honest. I don't need the USB with the 5 and the 3 comes with the adapter I need anyway.

SonicSW20 · 6 Mar 2022 at 17:39

There are multiple TRRS standards, are you sure you have the right type of cable?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)#TRRS_standards

MatteRB26 · 6 Mar 2022 at 19:44

SonicSW20 said:
There are multiple TRRS standards, are you sure you have the right type of cable?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)#TRRS_standards

In all honesty, no idea on the TRRS, can't find anywhere which standard the Arctis uses.

The bleeding is only certain audio it seems too. If I'm on Teams it has 100% feedback.
Discord chat there are no feedback issues.
If I play a video then the audio will bleed on Discord.
If I'm playing CSGO with friends, they won't hear any game audio *unless* somebody uses voice chat in game.

It's really bizarre.