I want to hook my headphones up to my PS3, but I'm not sure how it could work. From what I read, the PS3 will not push audio from the game out of the USB port to the headphones, its only for the mic. The only other thing I can think of is to connect the headphones directly to the TV, but the tv doesn't have a headphone jack or anything like that. I have the PS3 hooked up with an HDMI cord and I have a 3.5mm adapter for the headphones. Any ideas about a set up would be great. Thanks.
Does your TV have an Aux out on the back? You could use that. In fact any out in the back would probably work. If you have a red and white RCA plug on the outs of the TV you can use an RCA to stereo adapter and connect your headphones that way.
This will not harm your TV, but the sound may be a bit low in volume because the outs on a TV are generally amped with a power amp or home receiver. You may get weak volume levels, but if it is loud enough for you then there is no harm done.
To your M50s. This method is simpler and will allow you to use your headphones for anything connected to the TV.
IF you don't have RCA outs on the TV, the other solution is a female RCA to male 3.5mm cable in addition to something like the Fiio E5 or E6. That's one of the cheapest methods of connecting the M50s to a ps3 properly.
Connect this (which comes with your PS3, which I hope you saved, don't worry about the yellow one being unused):
To:
To:
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PS3 analog output > RCA female to 3.5mm cable > FiiO E5 > Audio-Technica ATH-M50
The E5 can be had for around $20. The adapter cables are very cheap online, and about $5-10 at Radioshack if you wanna buy local.
Oh yes, make sure if you're doing the second method, to set your PS3 to do multi audio out, so it sends audio to all connections.
The E17 is quite expensive, and if OP was gonna spend that much, I'd direct him to the Astro Mixamp which is much better for the purpose of gaming. I mentioned the cheapest, yet solid method for using his M50s with his PS3.
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