Sold: Custom Passive 5 to 1 fully balanced XLR headphone/amp switch
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I built a balanced passive headphone switch. It uses a Greyhill 4 wafer switch and NOS Switchcraft XLRs. It is set up with female XLRs on both sides so that it can have headphones plugged in to either side. It lets you switch 5 amps into one headphone jack or one amp into 5 headphones. It will require custom jumpers between the amp/amps and the box which I am not selling at this time. It has a couple of minor blemishes in the ano which is annoying to me but it is what it is. One is on the front edge and is very minor. It shows up in the pics much more than in real life. The other is on the back top edge. It can’t really be seen from the front. It seems that there was a small pocket of a different alloy in the billet and that got etched differently during the ano process. That is one downside of aluminum recycling.

I'm willing to build basic patch cables for extra cost on a cable by cable basis or help spec cables to be made by a cable builder.

My asking price includes paypal and shipping in CONUS. International shipping is available at buyer’s expense.
Listed by: puck (96)
Listed: 2022-07-13
Last edited: 2022-08-12
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goldwerger

goldwerger

Watercooler Travel Team
Hi

Re “It lets you switch 5 amps into one headphone jack or one amp into 5 headphones” - how do you switch from rear ports inputs / front port output to the opposite having frony as input and rear as outputs? (Don’t see any switch for that so wondering how that’s handled)

Also, what kind of wiring material do you have inside the box?

Thank you
 
puck

puck

100+ Head-Fier
It has female XLRs on the front and back so the switch works both ways. Just plug your headphones into the front for amp switching or the back for headphone switching. It's a passive switch so there is no directionality to it. It's wired internally with silver plated copper litz wire.
 
FeiTow

FeiTow

Head-Fier
How do you make the jumpers if you have different amp sources to plug into this unit. I'm not a builder in any way but I could figure it out with some instruction about what to do. Can you point me to sources that could help me with the jumpers?

Thanks Rich
 
puck

puck

100+ Head-Fier
I can certainly help you sort out what you need to do. The jumper cables are easy as they are just straight through pin to pin. You need a male XLR on the switch end (same as a headphone cable) and then whatever connector you want for the amp end. It can be SE or balanced. Then you can get the cable the length you need as well. I'm sure any of the cable companies that do custom cables would also have no problem building these.
 
Sandro Sena

Sandro Sena

100+ Head-Fier
Hi puck,

in case of using 1 amplifier --> 5 headphones is it possible that all, or at least 2, outputs work simultaneously?
 
puck

puck

100+ Head-Fier
It isn't since that wiring scheme would negate the use of the switch. You could always build/have built a splitter cable that would allow you to plug 2 headphones into one output. I think the difficulty with that layout is that, unless you have 2 headphones with identical impedance and sensitivity, you are going to have significantly different volume levels in each headphone with no way to control the volumes independently.
 
Sandro Sena

Sandro Sena

100+ Head-Fier
Alien HP

Alien HP

100+ Head-Fier
This is a cool idea and device. Not sure why something like this isn't available on the market. I will soon have a similar custom built unit. It will have two inputs, one balanced and one unbalanced. And it will come with 6 outputs: two balanced XLR, two balanced 4.4mm, and two single ended 6.35mm outputs. Each output will be controlled by a two way toggle switch.

Yes, a splitter could be used for two identical headphones. But I think it would be more convenient with a toggle switch.
 
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