Headset problems

[Kidbest100]

hey everybody. I own a Thermaltake Ttesports Shock headset...

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/store/...C=1164&ID=1504

I don't particularly like thermaltake , but I got this headset as a gift, and so I really couldn't complain.

Yesterday I threw it on and got on skype to start gaming with a few friends. All of a sudden, the microphone is not working. It is almost entirely dead. I have the audio plug version rather than the USB version by the way.

I have tried many things, and what seemed to work was fiddling around with the connector that goes into the left ear-cover. Once I held that at a certain angle, my friends is skype could hear me, but it was scratchy.

I opened up the left ear-cover and looked around to see what was up, and there is no broken or disconnected wires. It doesn't look like there is anything wrong. The audio comes in just fine through the left, but the microphone just doesn't work. The wires that run directly from the boom of the mic connect inside the ear cover VIA heatshrink tubing, then go out through the audio connector. They do not come in contact with any soldering connection inside...

Anybody else have this problem? I hear it is prevalent in headsets that have this crappy connection. I was wondering if anybody else has had this problem and successfully fixed it?

I would appreciate ANY feedback ASAP

[NewKID]

defective product imo. if you gotta wiggle the aux jack, its not havin a proper connection inside, so it might be your line in. try another headphone and see if it works with that. if it does, its the Tt headset.

[t0wer]

what seemed to work was fiddling around with the connector that goes into the left ear-cover.

That tells you the cable is bad. RMA it or you can try rewring it yourself.