Question Question on audio channels with an audio splitter ?

[WrongRookie]

I bought a new headset the Asus Tuf Gaming H3 and it came with an audio splitter in order for me to use the mic.

The problem is that if I connect the splitter, I have to turn the connected jackplug or pull on it a bit in order to get sound from both the sides of the headphones. But there's another problem, if I do a test to get audio channel to hear only on left and right channels, I always hear the channels on both sides no matter what. If I turn the aux cable, it gives sound for the left-channel but never for the right.

I don't know what to do here...I could just connect it to the back of my PC but the cord is too short and connecting it on the front isn't exactly a permanent solution. What am I doing wrong here?

Specs:
Intel i5 13600k
Ram : 64 GB Ripjaws V
GPU : MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP OC 6GB
Motherboard : MSI MAG B660 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 (MS- 7D41)
OS : Windows 11 Pro
Drives: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB
Crucial MX500 2TB
Crucial MX500 4TB
Samsung 870 Evo 2TB

 

[Lutfij]

The problem is that if I connect the splitter, I have to turn the connected jack or pull it a bit inorder to get sound from both the sides of the headphones.
This is the rear audio ports or the front panel audio ports? If front panel, what is the make and model of your case?

Check to see if your motherboard is pending any BIOS updates. Following that, check to see if your OS is pending any updates. As for your OS, what version(not edition) of the OS are you on? Following looking up updates for your OS, try uninstalling and reinstalling audio drivers, manually reinstalling with the latest sourced off of your motherboard's support site.

 

[WrongRookie]

This is the rear audio ports or the front panel audio ports? If front panel, what is the make and model of your case?

It is the rear audio ports. The make and model of the case is Lian Li 216. Bios is already in the latest version 7D41v2H. OS Version number is 23H2 and its already uptodate. Have reinstalled the audio drivers. The front panel is working as expected giving sound for left side and right side when testing left and right channels.

The issue is when I use the splitter it comes with, the sound doesn't come properly on left and right channels separately. Only if I hard press the splitter the sound that should come separately with left and right channels comes but if I leave it, it just gives the same sound for both sides. But the splitter is fully connected.

 

[dwd999]

Either the motherboard's red line out socket is defective or the splitter's plug is defective so it would probably be best to return it under warranty.

 

[WrongRookie]

Ok so I'm just curious.

Do audio splitters generally give stereo sounds to both sides of the headphones and does not play the sound from the channels that the sound plays?

Because as mentioned earlier, if I connect it on the front panel, I get audio playing from the left side and right side based on the channel and for the back panel(according to my motherboard is the front speaker out(the red one) it does the same which I want.

But when I use the splitter, this doesn't work as intended. Is that the case?

 

[dwd999]

Ok so I'm just curious.

Do audio splitters generally give stereo sounds to both sides of the headphones and does not play the sound from the channels that the sound plays?

Because as mentioned earlier, if I connect it on the front panel, I get audio playing from the left side and right side based on the channel and for the back panel(according to my motherboard is the front speaker out(the red one) it does the same which I want.

But when I use the splitter, this doesn't work as intended. Is that the case?

The sound from the splitter when connected to the back panel red output jack and back panel mic input jack should be the same as the sound from the front panel jack. If it is not the same then the splitter is defective.

 

[WrongRookie]

The sound from the splitter when connected to the back panel red output jack and back panel mic input jack should be the same as the sound from the front panel jack. If it is not the same then the splitter is defective.

I appreciate you helping me but I just read that when using a splitter, the TRRS port gets converted to two TRS for both the speaker and the mic. And since my motherboard is using TRRS ports, would that not give compatability issues with the splitter?

 

[dudio]

Youre on the right track.
Normally a mic is trs..the tip being a mono signal, the ring being an insulator, and the sleeve being the ground. The headset jack for sound is normally trrs..tip being one side of the stereo signal, ring as an insulator, then the other audio side, another ring insulator, and then ground

 

[dwd999]

I appreciate you helping me but I just read that when using a splitter, the TRRS port gets converted to two TRS for both the speaker and the mic. And since my motherboard is using TRRS ports, would that not give compatability issues with the splitter?

I do not see any documentation that your motherboard's back panel is using TRRS ports. That would explain why you have the separate red output jack for the audio and the separate jack for the mic input and why they give you a splitter cable. The pictures in the manual seem to indicate this. The jack on the front panel of your case is indeed a TRRS port which is why you can plug your headset in there and it works correctly without needing a splitter.

 

[WrongRookie]

I do not see any documentation that your motherboard's back panel is using TRRS ports. That would explain why you have the separate red output jack for the audio and the separate jack for the mic input and why they give you a splitter cable. The pictures in the manual seem to indicate this. The jack on the front panel of your case is indeed a TRRS port which is why you can plug your headset in there and it works correctly without needing a splitter.

The problem is that connecting it to the front panel is annoying as the cable is in the way of the airflow and it doesn't look good so I wanted to connect it at the rear port and change and switch that as the front port...but the MSI realtek console for some reason isn't letting me switch the ports which is another problem.

 

[dwd999]

The problem is that connecting it to the front panel is annoying as the cable is in the way of the airflow and it doesn't look good so I wanted to connect it at the rear port and change and switch that as the front port...but the MSI realtek console for some reason isn't letting me switch the ports which is another problem.

Perhaps the best course of action would be to ask MSI to send you another splitter cable or explain to you why the one you have doesn't work on the rear panel jacks.

 

[WrongRookie]

Perhaps the best course of action would be to ask MSI to send you another splitter cable or explain to you why the one you have doesn't work on the rear panel jacks.

Yeah let me talk to a seller if he can give me another splitter. But I just want to know regardless of whether I get another splitter will the splitter give stereo sound and give sound from both left and right channels instead of giving only one side or giving one side of the sound for both the left and right sides of the headset?

 

[dwd999]

Yeah let me talk to a seller if he can give me another splitter. But I just want to know regardless of whether I get another splitter will the splitter give stereo sound and give sound from both left and right channels instead of giving only one side or giving one side of the sound for both the left and right sides of the headset?

Yes, a correctly wired properly function splitter will produce the same stereo sound from the back panel jack same as the sound from the front of case jack.

 

[WrongRookie]

Yes, a correctly wired properly function splitter will produce the same stereo sound from the back panel jack same as the sound from the front of case jack.

Checked to confirm this with a different splitter and you're right that it works well!

Asus has given me a faulty splitter. Atleast the headphones work well.