Reddit reviews KabelDirekt Pro Series Y Stereo Splitter - 1 x 3.5mm Male To 2 x 3.5mm Female - Y Cable Splitter Produces Equal Audio Output for Headphones, Earphones, and Speakers (0.5 feet, Black)

3.5mm Y splitter off your soundcard. One side to your speakers, the other to your vest. - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GN76HAG/

I use tactile transducers in my simpit chair, and getting audio to the amp that drives the transducers was fairly straightforward using SteamVR audio mirroring and the Y splitter.

Yes. My alternative is the G6 which I intended to use with my xbox initially. I bought it before noticing the E5's issue. So now it naturally replaced the E5's role as the main audio processor for my PC's setup.

I think E5 is the only model that has two 3.5mm output jacks. To solve this problem I simply get a Y splitter like this one here: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GN76HAG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Startech is a low end brand, its likely its just noisy. its not intended to be super high quality or anything.

at least something with the 15 cents worth of gold plating on it. like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GN76HAG?tag=quake-vlab-20

USB sound card -> Headphone cable splitter, done.

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Adapter-Windows-AU-MMSA/dp/B00IRVQ0F8/
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https://www.amazon.com/KabelDirekt-Pro-Stereo-Splitter-Headphones/dp/B00GN76HAG/

(both were just first hits on Amazon, feel free to choose similar device replacements).

You should be able to use something like this I BELIEVE if you want to be able to do both sounds at the same time:
https://www.amazon.com/KabelDirekt-Pro-Stereo-Splitter-Headphones/dp/B00GN76HAG/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1540925124&sr=8-5&keywords=1%2F8+y+splitter+stereo

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Combined with a coupler (change that male end to female) then two male to male 1/8th inch stereo wires (to essentially turn the females back to males).

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Haven't tried anything like this in a LONG time, can't promise it will work well but in theory it should

I don’t have the external setup you do but I just use a splitter on the sound card headphone output. Because I use a sound blaster AE-5 the output goes through an internal DAC and pushes enough volume that you lose nothing on the split.

This is the splitter I use: KabelDirekt Pro Series Y Stereo Splitter - 1 x 3.5mm Male to 2 x 3.5mm Female - Y Cable Splitter Produces Equal Audio Output for Headphones, Earphones, and Speakers (0.5ft, Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GN76HAG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_6Wi5CbP0TN8C7

And because in my specific system the split has some buzzing I use a ground loop buster to clean up the noise: PAC SNI-1/3.5 3.5-mm Ground Loop Noise Isolator Works with iPod/Zune/iRiver and Others https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EAQTRI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_Ekb4MwuVEblMD

You should be able to run both, but the problem is that only one device can be used for playback (audio output) and a seperate /the same device can be used for recording (audio input). I don't think you can use two devices to output audio at the same time, possibly with some software you could, but a simpler solution would be a splitter, that splits a single 3.5mm sterio audio signal output into two, it's a small cable. I use one to have both my headset and speakers plugged into my single soundcard output simultaneously.

Something like this will work: https://www.amazon.com/KabelDirekt-Stereo-Splitter-3-5mm-Female/dp/B00GN76HAG/ref=sr_1_15/146-3666932-9128304?ie=UTF8&qid=1498065709&sr=8-15&keywords=3.5mm+splitter

http://www.amazon.de/KabelDirekt-Adapter-3-5mm-Stecker-Buchse/dp/B00GN76HAG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459182780&sr=8-1&keywords=Audio+Splitter

https://www.amazon.de/KabelDirekt-3-5mm-Adapter-Stecker-Buchse/dp/B00GN76HAG

That's a little bit more on the tricky side.

Unless Sony has started to allow their music player to function while streaming, which for all I know they could have(you'll have to play around with that yourself), your best option is to get a Male-to-2xFemale 3.5mm splitter cable, and merge the audio from a second device into your mic input. Or, if you're still going to go the silent route, just plug your iPad/laptop directly into the mic jack.


I recommend not playing any licensed music for what should be obvious reasons, even if it's just for friends, but there are plenty of resources for free, royalty-free music out there.

To be more explicit, they really, really don't like you using licensed music. If Twitch detects licensed music, it will totally mute the audio for as long as the song plays, when you play the archive back, and you run the risk of being reported and having the stream shut down. YouTube is even more aggressive and will totally kill your stream, sometimes permanently, and if it manages to slip through, the VOD will be plastered with ads and be subject to takedowns.

I recommend FreeMusicArchive, I've found a lot of amazing tracks on there, albeit with a bit of digging. The license conditions should be followed, i.e. attribution, and I personally have a list of all music I use when streaming when I go live, but nobody is really going to check that unless you intentionally go way out of your way to offend the artist.

Do the speakers also have a 3.5mm TRS plug like your headphones? Or are they only connected to the computer via USB?

If they're USB-only, they should have their own separate device in the Sound window, and you could probably use Audio Router to accomplish what you want.

If they have a 3.5mm TRS plug, the software for your sound card is in charge of deciding which jack the audio goes to, so if it doesn't have an option to duplicate the output to multiple jacks, you can't do it, but you could just use a splitter to accomplish the same thing.