Headphone jack on the index headset?

[iamsickofspam]

Im aware the headset speakers can be removed with a torx screwdriver, but i have no idea if there is a standard headphone jack on the headset that allows you to connect your own.

Its my intention to remove them when my headset arrives, but i have no means to route sound from my pc unless the headset has its own headphone jack like the htc vive does.

[iamsickofspam]

for all i know they might connect via usb, or a proprietary cable, i doubt it, im just trying to clarify how easy it is to use your own cans.

I'll give the built in ones a shot first for sure, but id honestly rather use what i was using with my vive (og) as i could use my sennheisers for hours with zero issues. I do have some slight vestibular issues so i dont really want to change from something that i know gives me zero issues.

[iamsickofspam]

Nevermind, apparently the headset has a recessed headphone jack behind the faceplate. Good to know.

[BOLL]

Yup, it's there, sadly it turns off the speaker output, because I wanted to use it for a Subpac 😅

[iamsickofspam]

Originally posted by BOLL:

Yup, it's there, sadly it turns off the speaker output, because I wanted to use it for a Subpac 😅

Never even considered that tbh, im assuming thats like a wearable subwoofer/ rumble pack, that might be kind of awesome with games like onward when you get shot. Can you not use some kind of headphone splitter?

Does anybody even making stuff like that? a rumble vest i mean.

[BOLL]

Oh yeah there are a few variants, Teslasuit[teslasuit.io] and bHaptics Tactsuit[www.bhaptics.com], have not tried either though. The Subpac[subpac.com] is indeed a wearable transducer, I most often use it outside of VR but it's pretty neat.

[iamsickofspam]

Just looking at that SUBPAC S2 now, sweet, will have to google if anybody has one of these with VR, seems like it would be bloody awesome with tactical FPS games.

[iamsickofspam]

Well, ♥♥♥♥, i didnt even know that was a thing yet, i figured VR was still way to niche for stuff like that to be consumer and not bespoke.

[iamsickofspam]

That seems like it would be something the valve vr api could take advantage of relating to the usb frunk.

Wireless USB dongle to wearable rumble rest would be awesome and mostly unobtrusive. Something id not even considered prior to this post. Bet the beat saber peeps would be into that as well as the people who play onward/pavlov etc.

[BOLL]

Incidentally Subpac just announced a co-lab with Beat Saber for a branded edition[subpac.com] of their portable unit 😅

[iamsickofspam]

Awesome, id want it to be triggerd by locational data from the game rather than sound, so if you got shot/hit from behind it would rumble at the back, etc.

[roel_koel]

There's an audio jack socket (3.5mm) behind the facial interface, but be aware it won't work with right angle jacks and some brands of headphones that have a jack plug with moulding or cable relief that can foul the socket bay.

I've also found I can't use my Sennheiser with my wide facial interface because the wider plastic base blocks the jack socket and lifts the interface off the headset if you try to fit the audio lead :(

[neurokinetik]

I don't know what they were thinking with the audio jack's location, recess, and small diameter hole. I've managed to find exactly ONE audio cable out of many that actually works, and I had to modify that to remove some strain relief so that the cable didn't interfere with the face gasket.

The one I found that works is by Blucoil, and it came bundled with my headphones and Antlion Audio modmic.

Then, after getting that working, the headband tends to interfere with my Bose QC35 headphones. I have to pull it out slightly at the sides to slide the headphones underneath it.