alright so since i just acquired an xbox yesterday from bits and pieces ( bought it on ebay rrod) i was playing online and decided that i needed a microphone headset to talk to my friends. i didnt want to blow 20$ on a xbox 360 headset or pay 2$ for a crappy one on ebay.

so first i found myself a headphone jack that fits into the 360 controller. its one from an old phone headset when they used the 2.5mm headphone jacks i think.

so next i found the pinout for the headphone jack-in


the tip is the microphone

the center is audio for the headset

and the llast one is ground


after that i soldered the microphone to the tip of the jack
then i soldered ground to the last ring
then i soldered both the speakers to the middle ring

after that i tested it and sealed it with hot glue and heat shrink tubing

upside is you dont have to spend 20$ downside is you dont have mute or volume control.

just as a heads up the new dashboard has now got an inbuilt voice volume control. so you would be able to turn the headset volume up and down if needed

Why not just solder a pot to change the volume.