my xb1 microphone being static and cuts out peridoicly

I had a static IP setup for my XB1. When I turned it back to dhcp (dynamic); my pins and the store started showing up again. I've had problems with static IP on my XB1 system since I got it.

After investigating further via the audio playback tool in the sound control panel. the problem is my blue Yeti Microphone. using a different microphone the problem completely disappeared.

But I'd really like to use my Blue Yeti Microphone as the quality is simply better. if you would know, Is there why in some game scenarios specifically games that are more demanding why a microphone's quality would drop or suddenly cut out?

Hi Adam,

The IP that you're getting is what's known as a Reserved Private Address and will be on the range of 169.254.x.x. This occurs when the static IP doesn't take and the device (in our case, the XB1) can't retrieve a valid address from a DHCP server.

If this is occurring, it suggests that either the XB1 networking configuration isn't being recognised or that the manual configuration is taken, but the XB1 defaults back to DHCP after it fails to contact the gateway.

Either way, there's two method's to assign a static IP and if the MAC has been configured in your router for a DHCP reservation, then there shouldn't need to be any configuration at the end device. You should only need to configure a static IP address on
the XB1 if there is no DHCP reservation on the router and you're trying to assign an address OUTSIDE of the DHCP range.

i.e. DHCP Range is: 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.99

But you want the XB1 to be 192.168.1.100

I had the same problem and simply set my xb1 to a static IP address and then forwarded the relevant ports

There's actually a support article that details what kind of headsets are compatible with the Xbox One controller.

Headsets with microphones will work if the 3.5mm jack is manufactured to CTIA standards, where the 3.5mm sections laid out from cord-side to end are in this order:
microphone, ground, right, left. OMTP (the other standard) has some headsets swap the ground and microphone sections, likely causing buzzing/static once connected, as well as the mic signals not being transmitted.

More information can be found here: http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/accessories/connect-compatible-headset