Reddit reviews 3.5mm Stereo Y Cable, 3.5mm Stereo Female to Dual 3.5mm Stereo Male, 6 inch

Nope that reduces the audio quality massively and the audio is delayed which is a no go for gaming. The reason is that my soundcard has to convert the analog audio to digital which reduces the quality and therefore the delay happens.

I wanted to just use an audio splitter cable like this one (so it would keep being analog and the only loss in quality would come from the cable itself, there would also be no need to keep my pc turned on), but I'm from germany and I can't find a single retailer that would ship this to germany or ships from germany...
On the german Amazon store I only find headset splitters which can't mix the two outputs into one. The cable I linked is the one and only I could find.

OP you could use this. I used it for my reason stated below in response to someone else. It's two standard 3.5mm male to a single 3.5mm input jack for speakers or headphones. Worked great.

>Couldn't he use this...? I used to do this to hook up my Xbox and my PC to one set of Logitech computer speakers. Worked fine.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000I98ZYG?pc_redir=1412264162&robot_redir=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I98ZYG/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_Hb2lub05K94J0

Hot diggity dog! I was going to write a post about this, but decided to bite the bullet and write a post confirming that they worked instead... unfortunately, I screwed up and ordered the thing to the wrong place, so I might not get the post out before Spla2n comes out.

From my research (keep in mind I'm not an audio engineer or electronic magician), using a Y-splitter is a horrible idea. From a Tom's Hardware post:

> The problem with connecting 2 outputs together is they can try to drive one another.

>So it MAY work, but it may sound like hell and be bad for the computers. Adding some resistance can prevent then from driving one another, but will cut the output volume.

Using a Y splitter could also cause the devices to short each other out.

I was able to find a few devices that seem to work, that I didn't know existed beforehand, both from reviews and other forum discussions. These devices [1], [2], [3], allow you to connect any number of input and output devices together. However, they are only 3 pole, not 4 pole (probably, like I said, I don't have one yet), which means you'll have to have a separate connectors for each instance of audio you wish to hear, and audio you want to record, separately. Fortunately for us, Y-splitters do have a use, combining a headphone and mic into one plug, but you have to make sure the y-splitter has 2 female and 1 male (4 pole) connections, like this [4].

I made some drawings of how this would work. Each line is an aux or audio cable, I'm sure everyone here is smart enough to figure which is which for themselves:

• Computer, Headset and Mic separate connections, uses 2 jacks (1 headphone, 1 microphone)
  
  
  
• Computer, plugging Switch into line in, requires 3 jacks (1 headphone, 1 microphone, 1 line-in), or 1 jack (1 line-in) if using a USB headset. Must enable "listen to this device". Probably the best solution for playing with PC chat, does not require the "many device" splitter.
  
  
• Phone, requires 2female/1male y-splitter
  
  This is all theoretical, of course. Safest route is probably using line-in if you're ok with sitting at your computer (uses a lot less cables, too), but this is in most cases a cheaper solution than buying a "real" mixer (even a cheap one, and this doesn't solve our voice chat problem in most cases, just our "all audio one one device" problem), cheaper than the Splatoon headset, and probably cheaper than just the Splatoon mixer itself.

You could try one of these things. Im not sure how well it works though [Y adapter] (https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Showcase-6-Inch-Stereo-30S1-35260/dp/B000I98ZYG/ref=pd_sbs_23_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B000I98ZYG&pd_rd_r=CQBAK5050P1T9D89DKYS&pd_rd_w=zwDwU&pd_rd_wg=6s6Jf&psc=1&refRID=CQBAK5050P1T9D89DKYS)

Here's what I do so I can even have music while gaming with a headset on http://www.amazon.com/3-5mm-Stereo-Male-Female-inch/dp/B000I98ZYG/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1394631161&sr=1-1&keywords=reverse+headphone+splitter

Plug headphones into controller and music source. Now in terms of online I'd say pandora spotify grooveshark or an old MySpace page =p

Something like This it splits one 3.5mm jack into two. One for voice one for sound.

I found these cables on Amazon, one seems to work for the purpose I'm going for while two doesn't. I'm really confused.

Cable 1

Cable 2

If your amp has AUX in and headphone out jacks, voila! But it probably doesn't, so here we are.

Audio interfaces, mixers, portastudios, etc. are great for this. The cable solution you posted is not good for this. You'd want something like this for your splitting pleasure. One male end to the headphone jack of your amp, one male end to the input of your ipod/computer and headphones into the female end (as you proposed). BUT, instead of the stereo signal being split by using the splitter you posted (music in one ear, bass in the other), this splitter would keep it all stereo.

I haven't actually tried this yet, although I've thought about doing it. Theoretically you could:

1. Get a USB soundcard in addition to your current soundcard.
   
2. Set Teamspeak to output from the USB soundcard and your game audio to output from your regular soundcard.
   
3. Set OBS/whatever you use to capture the two lines on two different tracks.
   
4. Plug the male ends from something like [this](https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Showcase-6-Inch-Stereo-30S1-35260/dp/B000I98ZYG/ref=pd_sbs_23_4? _encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B000I98ZYG&pd_rd_r=CQBAK5050P1T9D89DKYS&pd_rd_w=zwDwU&pd_rd_wg=6s6Jf&psc=1&refRID=CQBAK5050P1T9D89DKYS) into your two soundcards and then plug your headphones into the female end.
   
   In theory that should work. In practice I'm not sure. I might actually try it really soon though.

Ok, so based on your situation, I would recommend buying a 3.5mm splitter and a Optical-to-3.5mm DAC:

https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Speaker-and-Headphone-Splitter/dp/B000067RC4/

https://www.amazon.com/Amanka-Digital-Optical-Analog-Converter/dp/B01N2Z21IS/

The 3.5mm splitter is so that your speakers can accept two inputs. One from your TV and one from your Apple TV. The DAC is to convert the optical to 3.5mm analog audio when connecting your Apple TV to the speakers.

This way, your game console and Apple TV can both use the 2.1 speaker set and nothing needs to use the built-in TV speakers.

The only sticking point is that you will need to have the TV on mute anytime you are watching content on the Apple TV. Is that a problem?

Edit: My mistake, this is actually the type of 3.5mm splitter you want, not the other one:

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Showcase-6-Inch-Stereo-30S1-35260/dp/B000I98ZYG

You need two male plugs, not two female.

You could have used something like this for ages. Or something like this

http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Showcase-6-Inch-Stereo-30S1-35260/dp/B000I98ZYG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1463958041&sr=8-2&keywords=audio+splitter+jack


http://www.amazon.com/Conwork-2-Pack-Plated-Stereo-Y-splitter/dp/B00ZNTPZLM/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1463958041&sr=8-12&keywords=audio+splitter+jack

This ?

Yup splitter

I had a similar issue... I have hdmi to monitor, and monitor outputs to speakers, so I just switch HDMI when I want to go from pc to switch...

But... if you want both hooked up to audio simultaneously, here you go -

https://www.amazon.com/3-5mm-Stereo-Male-Female-inch/dp/B000I98ZYG

https://www.amazon.com/C2G-Cables-40405-Female-Extension/dp/B001AN0E7K

Get those, it will allow to connect both the monitor and pc to the speakers at the same time. you will need that extension cable because the combiners cords are short.

This may work https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Showcase-6-Inch-Stereo-30S1-35260/dp/B000I98ZYG/ref=pd_sbs_23_4

Like-a dis? http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Showcase-6-Inch-Stereo-30S1-35260/dp/B000I98ZYG

I had a similar setup before with my 360 and computer, worked fine, both channels.

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Showcase-6-Inch-Stereo-30S1-35260/dp/B000I98ZYG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1483618943&sr=8-3&keywords=audio+splitter+jack

> But every 1x 3.5mm female to 2x 3.5mm male I see online splits it into audio (green) and mic (pink).

That's because you're looking for TRRS splitters. You need TRS to 2x TRS like that link.