yandreev

Hey everyone. I decided to just post here what I did to boost my void's mic volume. First let me say it is crappy customer support (in my opinion) what corsair is doing. So many complaints about the volume of the mic and all they tell you is to move the mic closer. I can lick my mic and still other can't hear me. Someone suggested that they should fix it in a software update and the reply was along the lines of "it would pick up too much noise." As long as some of the noise it picks up is my voice, I'll be happy. They can easily make it an adjustable gain in the software for it to appeal to all of the users and not half, but they can't be bothered since they already have our money. Rant over. Anyway since it was obvious corsair can't be bothered to do anything about it, I decided to see what I can do about it. I opened up my left headphone and desoldered the mic and the speaker from the board. I went ahead and removed the bolts that hold the board in and flipped it over to get to the ICs. There are two resistors that are next to each other next to the pads for the microphone wires. I went ahead and removed one and replaced it with a smaller capacity one and added a tiny cap to filter it out. Now it works like a charm and i don't have to have the microphone in my mouth to be heard by anyone with hearing worse than a bloodhound's. Unfortunately, this forum won't let me upload a pic without a URL, i can't post anything but I will be happy to send them to anyone who is interested if you pm me. Keep in mind you'll need a tiny, precise soldering iron to even attempt to do this. One last complaint is the plastic piece that makes the microphone click when you rotate it wears out so it gets super sloppy. Not really much of a fix for this.