Help with an odd cable coming off a sound card!
Sep 15, 2015 at 10:28 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 4

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I have a creative ZXR which has the 3.5mm port that splits to Center and Subwoofer.  I do not run a Subwoofer and I was looking at getting a nicer cable since the rest of my setup has nice cables.  Is it possible to get a 3.5mm to one end RCA or will I always have that one hanging not in use?  What cables do you guys recommend? Most of my setup is Mogomi but I was looking at Audio Quest also..  Thx for any help.
 
Sep 15, 2015 at 2:25 PM Post #2 of 4
I would say to just leave the other RCA plug hanging.
The 3.5mm port is stereo (2-channel) and each RCA plug is mono (1-channel), so I doubt anyone bothers to even make a cable like the one your looking for.
 
Sep 15, 2015 at 2:28 PM Post #3 of 4
  I would say to just leave the other RCA plug hanging.
The 3.5mm port is stereo (2-channel) and each RCA plug is mono (1-channel), so I doubt anyone bothers to even make a cable like the one your looking for.

You are probably right.. I want to find a higher quality cable than what I have now.. probably an Audio Quest.
 
 
I wonder if something like this would work?  And if it did who knows if it would feed the Center or Sub channel.. or possibly combine them and ruin my gear.
 
http://www.frys.com/product/1646432?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
 
Sep 15, 2015 at 11:26 PM Post #4 of 4
 
I wonder if something like this would work?  And if it did who knows if it would feed the Center or Sub channel.. or possibly combine them and ruin my gear.
 
http://www.frys.com/product/1646432?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 
It dont think it would combine the signal since the 3.5mm plug is mono, but the problem is unless you know which pin on the 3.5mm socket is connected to the center, you might get a subwoofer signal instead.
 

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