Hey everyone, my problem is that I sometimes get popping and crackling in my headphones on Xbox One.
The amount of popping seems to change depending on whether my controller is using power from a USB or batteries. The popping seems to get worse when the batteries are low on power.
If I am watching a video, the popping gets worse when I rewind. If I keep watching, the popping starts to come back, although I can temporarily solve this problem by pulling out and reconnecting my headphones.
I have been on Xbox One for 2 years and I have used 2 different controllers and 3 different headphones since then and the popping carried on. So this issue can't possibly be the fault of a particular controller or headset. When I bought my first turtle beach recon x50, it started popping. Eventually the microphone stopped working, but I could still use it to listen on all my devices.
I then bought a new controller and new pair of recon x50s, and it was fine for a while, and then popping started again. Recently that pair of Reconx50s also developed a fault where the mic stopped working, although it would still play audio, it would work with my PC, however it would not work with my phone.
I now own a pair of XO Fours, which are a bit more expensive, and already some slight popping happens. So it can't be due to quality of any particular headset.
Now I have no idea what could be happening and I am not an expert at this sort of stuff, but I have a feeling that there is some sort of issue with xbox one controllers, perhaps to do with the electricity, (since batteries low on power worsen the problem), that is damaging the jacks on headphones and eventually causing them to develop faults.
Now could anyone who is knowledgeable with this stuff give me any possible reason this could be happening? Since I first noticed the popping 2 years ago, I have gone through new controllers, new headsets, and I even have a new console, so it can't be that any particular device was faulty, I have ruled all that out, so please don't tell me to do troubleshooting and stuff.
If anyone could give me even the slightest clue as to what's going on, I would be very grateful.