3.5mm Stereo Female to 2-Male Y-Splitter Audio Cable 2M, Ancable 1/8" Female to 2 Dual 1/8" Male Aux Mic Splitter Jack Cable for Speaker, Headphones, PC, Laptop, Aluminum Connector

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Robjohns, Hugh (January 2013). "Lewitt Audio DTP640 REX". Sound on Sound. A 1.5m Y-cable is supplied with the mic ... to convert the five-pin connection into two standard three-pin XLR connectors, each with labelled cable sleeves to identify which provides the dynamic element signal, and which the capacitor element. Purdy, Kevin; Streams, Kimber (3 October 2017). "The Best External Optical Drives for DVDs and Blu-rays". The New York Times. [The] Pioneer BDR-XD05B ... comes with a USB 3.0 Y-cable, which is handy for older computers that can't power the drive from one port. A Y adapter cable or splitter cable is a cable that can be used to connect your subwoofer to your receiver. As we have mentioned before, a Y cable is used to connect your AV receiver to your mono subwoofer and thereby transmit the low frequencies the subwoofer needs to operate.

You can use RCA cables or subwoofer cables when hooking up your sub and either will work just fine. Some subwoofers have an auto-on feature which can sometimes cause the bass to cut out when the sub is operating at lower levels. If you use an RCA adapter and leave one of the RCA inputs open, then dirt may get clogged in overtime. 6. Some Subwoofers May Need A Y Splitter CableOn the other hand, if you drive your sub hard, then you may well find it will make a noticeable difference!

A Y-cable, Y cable, or splitter cable is a cable with three ends: one common end and two other ends. The Y-cable can resemble the Latin letter " Y". However, you may also find people using Y adapter cables. But what is a Y adapter cable and why use one? consolidating connectors (feeding signals from two output connectors to a multi-pole input connector, keeping the signals separate); [5] Now you may be wondering if you can use a Y cable to combine two signals. This is not recommended because you will not have control over the way the signal is combined. Advantages of Using a Y Splitter Should You Use A Subwoofer Y Cable? However, there are a few benefits to using a Y cable including increased dB levels, better frequency separation, better bass response on some subs, etc. In general, using a subwoofer cable helps to ensure optimal performance. What Is a Y Adapter Cable?The fact is, in most cases, it will make very little if any, discernible difference unless you are using a stereo signal. First of all, you can hook up a powered subwoofer properly with regular RCA cables. A “Y” splitter cable is not necessarily needed. Well because it will give you stranger mono bass while at the same time preserving the stereo signal separation going into the main amplifier within the sub. 2. Better Bass In this case, you can just run one RCA to RCA cable. You can achieve pretty good performance with this setup once you set everything to their relative 0 positions, especially sensitivity. 2. RCA Cables Are Easy To Find A Y-adapter cable works simply by dividing one audio signal into two similar or identical audio signals, thereby enabling the input of the audio signals into two different output devices. How To Connect Your Receiver and Subwoofer Using A Y Splitter

A Y splitter is definitely not a must for most subs. Any cable designed for subwoofer use should be just fine. In general, most receivers come equipped with a single sub output while most powered subwoofers come equipped with left & right inputs. Many people like this potential of boosting the sub’s output signal. In general, you will increase the sound level from 3dB to 6dB. By using a subwoofer Y cable for both the left and right subwoofer input, you can increase the bass output of your subwoofer by about 3dB. Since both inputs are driven, you will get more input signal when the amp sums the two inputs together.

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Many people use a Y splitter to connect both subwoofer inputs so they can prevent this problem because the auto-on mode of some older subwoofers (e.g the Velodyne CH-12) may not come on at lower levels without the use of a Y cable. 4. Hum Reduction There are many types of subwoofer cables, so when hooking up your subwoofer to your receiver, you do not have to use a Y splitter cable, any standard RCA or subwoofer cable will work just fine.