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3.5mm jack with 4 black rings? Need help!

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#1 ·
Hi, I'm looking to buy an extention cable for my headset. The issue is the jack has 4 black rings on it instead of the usual 2-3.



I can't find it anywhere. Is this some unique jack where I'm out of luck finding an extention for? Or can I use an extension with 3 black rings? If so, would the sound quality be worse?

Btw, the headset is Asus Strix DSP.

Thanks
 
#3 ·
Ah, I had never seen that diagram before.

I think I'm out of luck, then; I don't think what you suggested, using a 4 pole, would work. The diagram is misleading. In the diagram, it looks like the 4 right poles of the Strix jack is equal in length to a regular 4 pole jack, but in reality all 5 poles of the Strix jack is the same length as a regular 4 pole jack (each pole on the Strix is slightly shorter than the standard).
 
#6 ·
a regular 4 pole adapter would still work because the extra ground pole dosent do anything.