My headset isn’t working even though I used 2 diff headphones and controllers but the mic...

It didn’t get dropped and then stop working though, it was sitting on my counter as I was standing next to it. Was in the middle of a sentence when I grabbed the controller and then click mic stopped working and does crackly stuff when I move the port around and yes it is loose but wasn’t like that before. I don’t have the small tools to pull this thing apart and try to fix it. The port works, I registers my headset hooked up but doesn’t register a working mic, even though the headset is also a brand new rig headset. Made sure the headset isn’t what’s wrong

There are a few work a rounds you can do.

1) There are mic and headphone connectors for 360 from 3rd party developers that plug into controller and let you connect a standard PC headset to a 360 controller

2) you could simply ignore the mic and plug headphones into the TV then put the 360 headset over them and set it to play voice back through speakers then you get the voice chat through the headphones and the headset over the top to talk into and talk to
people.

3) The final one is a mix of both and I'm not sure if it even works, you connect your headset with the mic bit in the controller and the headphone audio into the TV headphone socket then change the 360 settings to play voice chat etc through the speakers
which as you have the headphone plugged in should put the sound through the headphone to you.

@Monty Airline

How did you manage do use Kinect as mic while your headphones are connected to the controller? As soon as I plug in my headphones into the Stereo Headset Adapter my Kinect won't work as mic anymore... Strange thing is, this also happens if my headphones
don't have an integrated mic

Is it an inline mic? I just Googled that headset and it looks like it probably comes with an inline mic that works on "most Apple products" according to the description. If that's the case I am guessing it's probably not going to work. You will be able to
get sound through the headphones but won't be able to use the mic. I was in the same boat with my 3rd party headphones that I tried to use with the inline mic they came with. There is a pretty cheap fix I utlized, though. Just buy one of these:

smile.amazon.com/.../ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00

Instead of the cable you're currently using you would just plug one end of this into the Microsoft headset adapter on the controller and the other (the end with the mic) into the headphones.

What I use is a pair of decent Sony dj headphones which plug into my audio receiver and then connect a small Jabra mobile phone headset to the Xbox controller. Works just as good as gaming headphones with a mic.