sugarkang
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I apologize to those of you that find this obvious.
To anyone else looking for a solution, this is cheap and it works.
ISSUE: I own 2 headphones and I'm tired of unplugging / plugging them. I want to have both headphones always plugged in. I wanted a switch that controlled whether sound plays through A or B. In other words, ONE input and TWO outputs controlled by switch.
SOLUTION 1 (DISCONTINUED ITEM): Buy a Plantronics headset / speaker switch. Plantronics goes to soundcard. Two outputs. Don't have to use one for speaker as both are 3.5mm. Unfortunately, I could not find them anywhere. Discontinued long ago. Other competing solutions exist. Super ugly and crap build quality.
SOLUTION 2 (MAKE YOUR OWN): Guy on youtube shows how to make a switch box from scratch. Too lazy.
SOLUTION 3 (UNINTENDED PRODUCT): I needed ONE input and TWO outputs. There were plenty of boxes that did the opposite: TWO inputs and ONE output. Does it work? Yes.
PICTURE 1: RCA switch box ($6 on Amazon) ordinarily used to switch between different video products. Yellow input plugs were obviously unnecessary and not used.
PICTURE 2: RCA box has input from my Asus Xonar U1. So both channels have some amount of amplification sent. The B channel on the right has its own FiiO E5 for extra amping and separate bass boost capability.
PICTURE 3: XB-700 on channel A powered by U1 alone. No bass boost needed. DT-880 on channel B powered by U1. E5 added to channel B only because bass boost button is beneficial. I am planning to use a splitter on channel B to output to 880 and 990. Each will have its own E5, with the power button functioning as a "mute" button.
PROS: cheap.
CONS: cheap. Breaks head-fi rule - expensive sounds better. Not a solution for people who believe cables affect sound quality.
CONCLUSION: TWO inputs, ONE output box works fine, unless an EE wants to weigh in and tell me that I'm screwing up some kind of resonance polarity technical mumbo jumbo. Two girls, one cup probably also works, but wouldn't recommend it.
To anyone else looking for a solution, this is cheap and it works.
ISSUE: I own 2 headphones and I'm tired of unplugging / plugging them. I want to have both headphones always plugged in. I wanted a switch that controlled whether sound plays through A or B. In other words, ONE input and TWO outputs controlled by switch.
SOLUTION 1 (DISCONTINUED ITEM): Buy a Plantronics headset / speaker switch. Plantronics goes to soundcard. Two outputs. Don't have to use one for speaker as both are 3.5mm. Unfortunately, I could not find them anywhere. Discontinued long ago. Other competing solutions exist. Super ugly and crap build quality.
SOLUTION 2 (MAKE YOUR OWN): Guy on youtube shows how to make a switch box from scratch. Too lazy.
SOLUTION 3 (UNINTENDED PRODUCT): I needed ONE input and TWO outputs. There were plenty of boxes that did the opposite: TWO inputs and ONE output. Does it work? Yes.
PICTURE 1: RCA switch box ($6 on Amazon) ordinarily used to switch between different video products. Yellow input plugs were obviously unnecessary and not used.
PICTURE 2: RCA box has input from my Asus Xonar U1. So both channels have some amount of amplification sent. The B channel on the right has its own FiiO E5 for extra amping and separate bass boost capability.
PICTURE 3: XB-700 on channel A powered by U1 alone. No bass boost needed. DT-880 on channel B powered by U1. E5 added to channel B only because bass boost button is beneficial. I am planning to use a splitter on channel B to output to 880 and 990. Each will have its own E5, with the power button functioning as a "mute" button.
PROS: cheap.
CONS: cheap. Breaks head-fi rule - expensive sounds better. Not a solution for people who believe cables affect sound quality.
CONCLUSION: TWO inputs, ONE output box works fine, unless an EE wants to weigh in and tell me that I'm screwing up some kind of resonance polarity technical mumbo jumbo. Two girls, one cup probably also works, but wouldn't recommend it.
