Okay then riddle me this please
This xbox headset consists of a single speaker as the headphone and a microphone. This is fed through a 4-conductor wire; Red= spk+, Blue= spk-, white= mic+, clear= mic-
From there it goes to a pcb board which has volume control and mute (speaker and mic respectively).
Out of that pcb it goes to a stereo 1/8" mini plug with only 3 wires.
Ultimately I want to bypass the pcb all together and connect straight to the mini plug.
Is the speaker and mic supposed to share the ground?
I guess my runaround is, I'm not sure if the mute button (or related circuitry on the pcb) is causing the mic to not work or if it's the mic itself.