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Connecting Turtle Beach x12's to PC and Xbox?

GeckoBL

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Hey guys, I've been doing research around but I can't seem to find a proper answer for my specific headset. I've found forum responses that are similar but not that directly apply to my headset.

Anyways, I was wandering, is there a way for me to connect my Turtle Beach x12's to both my PC and my Xbox One at the same time so that I don't have to switch back and forth whenever I use them? What I mean by this is, is there something that will allow me to press a button and I will be able to both hear and speak in an Xbox live party chat, and then press the button again and be able to both speak and hear in a Skype call. I don't need them to be simultaneous, I just don't want to have to constantly switch out the cables every time I want to use one or the other. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
 
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TOS (TOSHIBA) Link, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK
Used in that S/P Dif socket (Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format) you see there...

https://s.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/7770f2bc72ba053861beabcd8ee4250f/xboxoneports_630px_review.jpg

Any modern amplifier (AV Receiver) nowadays has plenty HDMI ports...
Optical cable (TOS) from PC (If your soundcard is recent enough to handle it!) to Stereo AMP + HDMI cable from X-Box to same Stereo Amp....Finally, Headset's plug into Stereo AMP's....So easy, isnt it?
 


Now, I don't want to sound like and idiot, but what is the TOS? And do you have any stereo AMPs that fit this solution? The only ones that I can find are for speakers.
 


TOS (TOSHIBA) Link, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK
Used in that S/P Dif socket (Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format) you see there...

https://s.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/7770f2bc72ba053861beabcd8ee4250f/xboxoneports_630px_review.jpg

Any modern amplifier (AV Receiver) nowadays has plenty HDMI ports...

https://assets.denon.com/assets/images/productimages/AVRX2300W/5_EL_avrx2300w_e3_bk_re.png?RenditionID=1

https://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/media/onkyo/av-receiver/tx-rz900/tx-rz900-blk_medium_3-large.jpg

https://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/media/yamaha/av-receiver/rx-a860/yamaha-rx-a860_small_2-large.jpg

https://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/media/pioneer/av-receivers/vsx-1131-blk/vsx-1131-blk_2-large.jpg

 
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