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Well after I said I wasn't going to I went and bought a pair of Audio Technica ATH-AD700's. They seem to be the most recommend headphones for gaming on the net. I did extensive research and ended on these. Now they have not actually arrived yet (due in Monday) but I have done enough research to know how and what I am going to do. Since these are for gaming I wanted a mic. Now a lot of people recommend using the Zalman clip on mic, but I not only dislike the looks idea of the clip on mic, but hear it has very poor quality as well as a habit of picking up everything else going on in the rooms. Since I game with my headphones and speakers (weird I know) this just wont work for me. I have seen a few people Velcro a mic to the side of the headset but I felt that looked a little to gaudy/ghetto. Then I found a few people that actually added a mic port and detachable mic right to the headset. Now we are talking. I apologize in advance for the crappy pics. Lost my microSD to SD adapter so I can't use my camera and am stuck using my Ally, not to mention my poor photography skills. All ideas for this mod came from here.
Materials:
AD700 Headphones (obviously)
10' stereo 3.5mm interconnect.
3.5mm stereo phone jack
Detachable boom mic of your choice. (I got mine from this and sold the headphones w/o mic for $15)
Heres what we are starting with (yes I know that says 20' but it was cheaper than any of the 10' cables):
![](https://www.head-fi.org/attachments/111313/)
Un-packaged and ready for the slice and dice:
![](https://www.head-fi.org/attachments/111312/)
Wire trimmed of the excess 10':
![](https://www.head-fi.org/attachments/111314/)
Quick mockup before solder and install just to make sure all is working:
![](https://www.head-fi.org/attachments/111315/)
Yes! It works!
A few more materials and were off:
![](https://www.head-fi.org/attachments/111316/)
And what do we have hiding in here:
![](https://www.head-fi.org/attachments/111317/)
Unboxed:
![](https://www.head-fi.org/attachments/111318/)
Guts installed, wires ran:
![](https://www.head-fi.org/attachments/111319/)
Final mockup before paint (take note this was just temporary sleeving):
![](https://www.head-fi.org/attachments/111320/)
Quick close up of the mic and wires (mic is not fully inserted in this pic hence the small gap):
![](https://www.head-fi.org/attachments/111321/)
Materials:
AD700 Headphones (obviously)
10' stereo 3.5mm interconnect.
3.5mm stereo phone jack
Detachable boom mic of your choice. (I got mine from this and sold the headphones w/o mic for $15)
Heres what we are starting with (yes I know that says 20' but it was cheaper than any of the 10' cables):
Un-packaged and ready for the slice and dice:
Wire trimmed of the excess 10':
Quick mockup before solder and install just to make sure all is working:
Yes! It works!
A few more materials and were off:
And what do we have hiding in here:
Unboxed:
Guts installed, wires ran:
Final mockup before paint (take note this was just temporary sleeving):
Quick close up of the mic and wires (mic is not fully inserted in this pic hence the small gap):