I just purchased a pair of TRITTON Audio Xtreme 360 (AX360) for late night surround sound gaming with my Xbox 360. I have come across a connection issue. The decoder box for the headphones accepts a toslink connection directly from the Xbox. However, right now I have my toslink going right into my Yamaha RX-V795a for 'normal' surround sound gaming. This means that to use the headphones I will need to unplug the toslink from my receiver and plug it into the headphone decoder; a real pain.

My question is, would a Toslink splitter work to solve my problem and keep the receiver and headphones always connected? I will never be using both at the same time. Someone in another forum told me it did not work for him. I don't understand why and just assume he has a defective splitter.

Does anyone have any expereince with toslonk splitters or this type of setup. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

No experience with the splitter, but will be curious to hear of this split setup can work as well since I was considering purchasing the same headphones and will face the same issue.

Not trying to hijack your thread, but have you used them yet? I'd really like to know what you think of the headphones so far. How's the surround processing/effect?

Thanks.....

K-BOMB,

I have used the AX360's for about 10-15 minutes. I basically set them up to test and played arouns a little. They sound very good; I tested them using Condemned which is loaded with 5.1 effects. I did not have much time to tweak the settings but my first impressions are very positive. I stopped by my local RatShack this afternoon and of course they didn't have the splitter. They never have anything I need.

Here is my quick comments from another forum. I plan on reallyy configuring them tomorrow. Inital thoughts, quality is deccent although some of the materials feel cheaper than others. The sound however is excellent. I tested them out with Condemned for about 15 minutes and it was great. I still need to tweak some adjustments.

My one beef is I thought I had read somewhere that you could hook these up to an existing surround sound stereo instead of hooking straight to the Xbox 360. I have my optic cable from my Xbox going right into my receiver. Now to use these headphones I have to unplug the cable from my receiver and plug it into the headphone decoder. This is a pain.

If anyone has a solution please let me know. Otherwise I will likely look for a fiber optic splitter. I will provide more feedback once I get more time with them. Also, the headphone cord is not a standard headphone cord connection so if you're thinking about getting and extension I would wait.

Thanks for the feedback. I've seen plenty of toslink splitters on the web that claim to accomplish exactly what you're trying to do. Do you have a Fry's in your area, they seem to have a pretty good selection of DIY cables, etc.

Look forward to hearing more once you've spent some time with the set-up. Good luck.....

Trying not to state the obvious, but are you sure your receiver doesn't have a coax or optical digital audio out port? I have my Triton headphones just hooked to the optical digital audio out from my receiver so that it can decode everything that is piped through it.

Yeah, I was very disappointed when I found out that it had not digital outputs. I've had this receiver for almost 10 years and it's great. I finally found something I don't like about it.

Here's the URL to my system: http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/av/products/ht/rxv795a.html. you'll see at the bottom of the page no digital ouputs. Bummer.

The Toslink splitter will work fine. You can find them for about $10 shipped on Ebay from monoprice. I tried them with my Trittons but prefer using the digital out from the receiver since I can also use them for the original xbox and the cable dvr.

Well, I purchased and hooked up the toslink splitter and it did not work. I tested everything including the toslink cables and the input and both outputs on the splitter. It works fine with my receiver but I get no sound, only a loud hissing from the headphones. I only use one source at a time also. I have submitted a support ticket with Tritton a few days ago and have yet to hear back from them. I will most likely call them the next time they are open.

Any thoughts on what could be causing this?

Also, here is my review of the AX360's:

I finally got around to fine tuning the AX360’s and I must say they sound very good. I used my Avia Home Theater DVD and set them up using the surround sound test tones. The one thing I noticed when doing this is that the surround speakers are lower, volume wise, than the front and center speakers. This is not really a big deal since you can adjust the volume for the front, center and rear separately.

The one major drawback of these headphones is the lack of a master volume dial on the inline controls. If you want to make the volume louder you have to adjust four dials or get up and adjust the main volume on the decoder box.

So the overall sound is very good and you get great separation between channels. The base is a little weak but I expected that. For some reason I have not experienced the rumble affect of the headphones yet. I will try and get that to work this morning.

For those wondering the cord from the headphones to the decoder box is about 12 feet give or take a few inches. Due to the type of connector at the end, S-video type of plug, I’m not sure how you would extend the cable. I personally could use another 3 feet since I sit about 12 feet from my TV and the cord is just making it.

One other minor drawback is that you have to plug the mic into your Xbox controller. I don’t find this a major issue since you have to plug the regular Live headset into the controller anyway. It would have been nice if it just plugged into the jack on the headphones. However, I know why this is not possible.

Now for the games. I tested them using three different games with varying sound effects. First, Condemned: Criminal Origins. The 5.1 really shines with this title. The creepyness of this game always freaked me out and the AX360’s added to that. The headphones actually make it easier for me to identify where the bad guys are coming from better than my regular surround sound system. They add a sense of seclusion that you don’t get with a regular home system setup. I was actually able to hear more sounds than usual.

Second, COD2 Live play. Again, the AX360’s shined. Like Condemned, channel separation was great and helped me stop opponents from sneaking up on me. My teammates were able to hear me clearly with the AX360 mic and I had no problem hearing them. You do need to make some configuration changes though which are described on the Tritton website. It’s nothing more than making sure the Live voice goes through the speakers and not the headset.

Finally, The Elder Scrolls Oblivion. All I can say for this one is AMAZING. I heard sounds that I had never heard before in the 70+ hours I have spent playing this game. Walking through the environment in the outdoors you can hear the trees rustling, the birds, chirping and things like bears and wolves coming in for a sneak attack. I cannot wait to get more gameplay in on Oblivion and from now on I will only play this game with the AX360’s on.

For some reason I have yet to experience the rumble affect. I have to look to see if I have everything set up correct. It’s worth spending some time getting the setup and configuration correct.

The headphones are very comfortable and I was able to wear them for an hour straight without any issues or discomfort. The material covering the ear padding seems a little cheesy and thin but should hold up unless abused. They also fold up pretty nicely and come with a little pouch for storage.

All-in-all I would give these headphones a 9.0. I still cannot get over the lack of a master volume dial on the in-line controls; a very bad oversight. I also wish the cord was longer.

Also, see my post above about using a toslink splitter.

good timing - was just thinking about this thread yesterday and was going to ask you if you had any more feedback. Fry's has these on sale this weekend and wanted to hear more impressions before I made the leap.....

bummer about the splitter - let us know how it works out....thanks

I was just reading the teamxbox review. Have you turned up the vibration dial? Maybe that could be the problem. I'm really interested in these headphones.

Can any one suggest any tuning settings that they found to work really well with these headphones? Thanks

Trying not to state the obvious, but are you sure your receiver doesn't have a coax or optical digital audio out port? I have my Triton headphones just hooked to the optical digital audio out from my receiver so that it can decode everything that is piped through it.

Usually the output is stereo in that case, but YMMV.

Usually the output is stereo in that case, but YMMV.

What do you mean?

I had these for a few days and wanted to use them both for PC Games and also for my 360. I was really disappointed of how tedious this process was since you have to move the headset connector from the decoder box to the analog outputs on the back of the audio card + deal with the extra connector if you want to use voice.

Also controlling the audio was a pain since there wasn't a master control like others said which was a pain for adjusting audio volumes between PC and xbox.

Finally, there was just too many wires for me (expecially since everything else is wireless on the 360) having two wires connected to the headset (one for DD box and other connection to the mic). Also losing the Mute and volumen control function on the headset was pretty lame as well.

I just bought these the other day and hooked them up to the digital output on my AV receiver using the optical cable hoping to use these for more than just gaming but they sound terrible. Since they come with little to no instructions on how to maximize the sound quality I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong with the setup or if I ended up with a defective product.

The main problem is a low level hum in the background that I can't seem to get rid of and the volume control on the Audio Controller box has little to no effect resulting in a very low volume level and virtually no bass even with the vibration dial all the way up. :confused:

Any thoughts would be much appreciated because these look promising but right now it looks as if I'll be returning these. :(

What do you mean?

A lot of receivers will only pass a PCM signal out of the optical output.

Does anyone know if there are headphones like these that are wireless, either now or in the near-term future? I have about a 15' seating distance from the screen/component rack and would love to have wireless surround headphones to wear late at night. There are a few options out there, but they're pretty pricey. Something like these that didn't require me to string a long cable across the floor would be great.

Does anyone know where I can buy a second pair of headphones seperate from the decoder? The thing supports 2 headphones but it's impossible to find them standalone.

Steve

Something with the rumble with these headphones. Sometimes its works other times it doesnt. Have you guys notice this??

Nvm, all I had to do was call Tritton and they set me up. For anyone that's interested, it was $60 plus tax and shipping.

Steve

well what i did was...

plug the optical input into my receivers""pioneer1015"' optical out.

this way i dont need to unplug anything..when i need my phones on and no receiver i just turn it down manually

FYI - I bought these last week and love them. Hadn't thought about hte avia disk, but I will give that a shot!

I was really upset about the sharpness and noise issues. But then I turned the base volume nearly all the way up, leaving the headpone volumes in the 2-4 range, and it's really clear and full now. Go figure. The DRC control helped a lot too.

I found the center channel to be surprisingly thin, but haven't run it through anything but Gears of War. Not sure if thats the headpones or the 5.1 setup.

If you turn vibration all the way up, you definately get rumble in GoW. But too much rumble is a little clattery -- induces an audible buzz, not just a rumble.

I have had these for awhile now and love them for late night gaming. I picked up a Toslink switch from monoprice for around $10 to switch between the headphones and my receiver. It works out well, for me. I tried a splitter but it would not work for some reason.

Tritton sells extra headsets from their site. Go to the customer support and write them.

I know I'm a bit late to the party here, but I have recently acquired these and I've enjoyed using them for single player GeOW.

My question relates to the use of the mic on Live. I have the mic set up per the Tritton instructions (connecting to the wireless controller). I can hear other players, and they can hear me, but I cannot hear myself. Am I supposed to hear my own voice thru the headphones when I speak? I have tried different "Voice" settings on Live with no different result.

If you want wireless go with Pioneer, probably the best wireless set you can buy. But they are pretty pricey, the Pioneer SE-DIR2000C goes for about but they are pretty sweet for a wireless set. However I do not recommend wireless since wired sounds alot better. I will go for the JVC SU-DH1 this is a headphone surround sound adaptor encodeds Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Digital Surround EX, DTS-ES and MPEG-2 AAC—even Dolby Pro Logic II. It is pretty small and runs on AA batteries however you can also use a AC adaptor. Pair this adaptor up with the Sens HD595 and it will sound alot better than the Pioneer and it will cost less too :). Or you can buy the SE-DIR2000C and then buy a wired headphone later on since the decoder unit has a jack for wired phones.

Hey guys I bought this headset quite some time ago, but have never used it. Why? Because my old TRITTON headset for 5.1 USB works better, and has NO WHITENOISE. Why is it that everytime I run this headset, it makes insanely loud background noise. I tried to contact TRITTON themselves, but they are yet to reply to me. Anyone know a fix?

I lost mine, and I don't know the specifications to look for a replacement or getting a universal one and configuring it.
I miss the sound and it is almost useless without it. If you have the specification or know how to get a replacement please let me know.
Thanks

Eduardo

Also, here is my review of the AX360's:

I finally got around to fine tuning the AX360’s and I must say they sound very good. I used my Avia Home Theater DVD and set them up using the surround sound test tones. The one thing I noticed when doing this is that the surround speakers are lower, volume wise, than the front and center speakers. This is not really a big deal since you can adjust the volume for the front, center and rear separately.

The one major drawback of these headphones is the lack of a master volume dial on the inline controls. If you want to make the volume louder you have to adjust four dials or get up and adjust the main volume on the decoder box.

So the overall sound is very good and you get great separation between channels. The base is a little weak but I expected that. For some reason I have not experienced the rumble affect of the headphones yet. I will try and get that to work this morning.

For those wondering the cord from the headphones to the decoder box is about 12 feet give or take a few inches. Due to the type of connector at the end, S-video type of plug, I’m not sure how you would extend the cable. I personally could use another 3 feet since I sit about 12 feet from my TV and the cord is just making it.

One other minor drawback is that you have to plug the mic into your Xbox controller. I don’t find this a major issue since you have to plug the regular Live headset into the controller anyway. It would have been nice if it just plugged into the jack on the headphones. However, I know why this is not possible.

Now for the games. I tested them using three different games with varying sound effects. First, Condemned: Criminal Origins. The 5.1 really shines with this title. The creepyness of this game always freaked me out and the AX360’s added to that. The headphones actually make it easier for me to identify where the bad guys are coming from better than my regular surround sound system. They add a sense of seclusion that you don’t get with a regular home system setup. I was actually able to hear more sounds than usual.

Second, COD2 Live play. Again, the AX360’s shined. Like Condemned, channel separation was great and helped me stop opponents from sneaking up on me. My teammates were able to hear me clearly with the AX360 mic and I had no problem hearing them. You do need to make some configuration changes though which are described on the Tritton website. It’s nothing more than making sure the Live voice goes through the speakers and not the headset.

Finally, The Elder Scrolls Oblivion. All I can say for this one is AMAZING. I heard sounds that I had never heard before in the 70+ hours I have spent playing this game. Walking through the environment in the outdoors you can hear the trees rustling, the birds, chirping and things like bears and wolves coming in for a sneak attack. I cannot wait to get more gameplay in on Oblivion and from now on I will only play this game with the AX360’s on.

For some reason I have yet to experience the rumble affect. I have to look to see if I have everything set up correct. It’s worth spending some time getting the setup and configuration correct.

The headphones are very comfortable and I was able to wear them for an hour straight without any issues or discomfort. The material covering the ear padding seems a little cheesy and thin but should hold up unless abused. They also fold up pretty nicely and come with a little pouch for storage.

All-in-all I would give these headphones a 9.0. I still cannot get over the lack of a master volume dial on the in-line controls; a very bad oversight. I also wish the cord was longer.

Also, see my post above about using a toslink splitter.

How did you calibrate it for your XBox 360 to get the proper sound?

How did you calibrate it for your XBox 360 to get the proper sound?

I used the Avia Home theater DVD which has dolby digital test tones. I aso have a toslink splitter which does not work. I am going to try a switch since poster bove says it works. I also had an issue with the mic. I think it was with Gears of War. I could hear others but they could not hear me. It worked fine in COD2.

I used the Avia Home theater DVD which has dolby digital test tones. I aso have a toslink splitter which does not work. I am going to try a switch since poster bove says it works. I also had an issue with the mic. I think it was with Gears of War. I could hear others but they could not hear me. It worked fine in COD2.

Aside from that DVD, is there any other affective way to calibrate the headphones properly.

There may be but I am not aware of any. Many movie DVD's also have basic audio callibration tests on them. Youwill need to play with the controls on the processing box also. The intructions for these headphones are basically non-existant. Tritton did a really bad job with that.

There may be but I am not aware of any. Many movie DVD's also have basic audio callibration tests on them. Youwill need to play with the controls on the processing box also. The intructions for these headphones are basically non-existant. Tritton did a really bad job with that.

Any movie DVD's you can suggest that have the callibration test on it?

Have any of you guys been able to get these working on live on the original XBox? I have tried and tried and what happens is I can hear everyone talking but they can't hear me. I have contacted Tritton and they admitted there is a problem and put me on a waiting list for some new adapter. I think this is just a brush off.
Any help would be very appreciated.

I just got my pair of headphones, but I'm unsure on how to get the subwoofer rumble to work. Can anyone help me?

I have a PS3, Gamecube, and cable box. Obviously, I do not want to have to manually unplug and replug my AX360 back and forth between the three. I did try to hook it up to one of the optical digital outputs to no avail, but I was thinking that I may not have tweaked the settings correctly in the 2600's GUI menu. Has anyone had this same issue or know of a quick fix? I'm not the biggest audiophile, so I could be overlooking something simple. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hey guys... Is anyone using the 360 MONSTER component cable (RCA Analog Audio) with their TRITTON AX 360 Headset? The standard MS cable has an optical output built into the cable which gets connected to the 360. The Tritton headset connects to that port. Does the Component Monster Cable (with the Analog RCAs for audio) have that same optical port? I can't seem to find an answer online. I need to retain the analog audio connection so that I can send audio to my TV.

Thanks
Chris

I have a PS3, Gamecube, and cable box. Obviously, I do not want to have to manually unplug and replug my AX360 back and forth between the three. I did try to hook it up to one of the optical digital outputs to no avail, but I was thinking that I may not have tweaked the settings correctly in the 2600's GUI menu. Has anyone had this same issue or know of a quick fix? I'm not the biggest audiophile, so I could be overlooking something simple. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Did you ever figure out the answer to your issue?

Hey guys. Got this awhile back and so far, I'm pretty disappointed with it. I mean..the Music sounds great and all. But when it comes to in-game voices, they sound really thin. The center speaker itself sounds quite terrible imo.

For games like fight night and Winning eleven, the commentary sounds as though the announcer is talking into a tin can. Is this supposed to sound like this via the headphones? Not sure what i'm doing wrong with regards to the settings.

i was considering getting these, but it's kind of stupid that the seperate channel volume control is near the headphones and the main volume is on the control box...

Picked up a few headphones this month looking for something with a mic to use both on my 360 and PC. I started out with the $59 Turtle Beach X1 http://hardware.teamxbox.com/reviews/general/67/Turtle-Beach-Ear-Force-X1/p1/
I liked the mic, it bends easily and is long, so you can put it right in front of you, but the sound quality of the headphones was a little disappointing. It had too much bass, if you can believe it. It didn't sound as good as using my usual lightweight Sony $30 headphones that I use for TV. It's just standard stereo with mic in and outs and has a USB plug that it uses for powering the lil amp it has. It at least has a main voulme control and mute on the line, and a mic volume adjustment on the piece that plugs in to the controller.

Then on the other hand there's the $119 AX360 I've been trying. Definitely better sound than the Turtle Beach, but on the mic front it's disappointing. The not being able to hear yourself is annoying, mainly because you don't know if anyone else is hearing you. I had to test it by recording a voice mail in the dashboard. It also has a lack of a mute button for the mic. I've seen some add-on puck devices at Fry's that I think are for allowing you to use Xbox 1 headsets with the 360, I'll have to check one out next time, I wonder if that has some type of mute button on it.

I'll have to try the Avia with it. I had to play with the adjustments last night watching some NCIS when I noticed the center dialog was echoing too much and had to dial it back a little. Why the channel volumes aren't on the base and the main control on the cord, beats me.

I'll have to try it out with the PC tonight with some BF2. For a moment I thought this would work out well cuz I could just leave the G9 connectors attached to the PC and just plug the headphones into that, but then quickly realized that would be a hassle for using with my standard 2.1 speakers, so not sure if I'll try the G9s or just go optical from my X-fi front panel.

I just received this headset. To add the "mute" function for the microphone, you can use the following headset adapter:

Headset Adapter for XBox 360 (http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/09/13/110247.php)

My experience with the microphone so far has not been a pleasant one where the microphone output volume was very low. I called Tritton and they will send me a microphone replacement. We'll see...

Alternatively (although not elegant), I wrap the original 360 headphones around my neck to use the microphone and forget about the ones that came with the AX360. Functionally, it works although not elegant. I will do this until my replacement microphone arrives...hopefully, the replacement headphones will resolve my initial microphone volume issues.

I have these headphones connected using the optical cable through my Yamaha RX-V1600 receiver and out through one of the two output ports (MD/Tape or CD-R). This gives me the flexibility to use it with other components connected to my receiver.

As well, just use the "mute" function from the remote control when you only want headset output and not from the speakers. A lot more convenient than turning the volume all the way down.

I'd really like it for Tritton to offer reference settings for these headphones to ensure that I'm getting the full experience from them. I can't say that I'm a hardcore audiofile but will try to find a DVD that may allow me to calibrate my sound using these headphones.

If anybody has any settings that makes them satisfied and are willing to share, please let me (us) know.

Thanks.

I'm looking into getting a pair of these headphones for gaming and I found only one other post on here about them. A couple of the users posted what they used for their settings. Here's the link to the post. Hope it helps somewhat.

Another AX360 Post (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=795131)

Alternatively (although not elegant), I wrap the original 360 headphones around my neck to use the microphone and forget about the ones that came with the AX360. Functionally, it works although not elegant. I will do this until my replacement microphone arrives...hopefully, the replacement headphones will resolve my initial microphone volume issues.


This is exactly what I do. Tritton promised me a replacement mic but never sent it. It ends up being quite a lot of wires but it actually works pretty good and I'm used to it this way now.

Can someone please share their volume and time delay settings. I know nothing about surround sound and would greatly appreciate the advice.

How long is the cable that connects the headphones to the decoder box? also, can I just use an S-video extender cable in order to get more length, I sit about 12 feet from my 360. Also, do I need the headset adapter in order to adjust the volume on the mic? It seems to be out-of-stock at most places.

Hey guys. Got this awhile back and so far, I'm pretty disappointed with it. I mean..the Music sounds great and all. But when it comes to in-game voices, they sound really thin. The center speaker itself sounds quite terrible imo.

For games like fight night and Winning eleven, the commentary sounds as though the announcer is talking into a tin can. Is this supposed to sound like this via the headphones? Not sure what i'm doing wrong with regards to the settings.

I noticed the same thing. In NHL 09 it sounds like the announcers are in a bathroom.

My headset (I just got it yesterday) also emitts a low beeping / chirping sound every so often. Does anyone else hear this, or is my set defective?

the post you replied to is almost 2 years old.


you may want to ask in the gaming headphone thread.