Is this adapter bi-directional? Meaning, I would like to be able to essentially reverse the flow and down-mix my 3x 1/8" 5.1 surround cables down to OUTPUT stereo. It is important to me and my particular setup that i'm able to take 5.1 input and output stereo. Thanks! Is this adapter bi-directional? Meaning, I would like to be able to essentially reverse the flow and down-mix my 3x 1/8" 5.1 surround cables down to OUTPUT stereo. It is important to me and my... » Read More Is this adapter bi-directional? Meaning, I would like to be able to essentially reverse the flow and down-mix my 3x 1/8" 5.1 surround cables down to OUTPUT stereo. It is important to me and my particular setup that i'm able to take 5.1 input and output stereo. Thanks! « Show Less
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If I understand your question, this hardware would work in reverse as long as you use the right connection plugs. I don't think it makes any difference which way the signal is going.
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I don't know. I just use it to connect my PS3 with Logitech X540 5.2 Speakers.
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Good question. I just tried it out by reversing the 3x 1/8" from my desktop to the adapter and that to the headphones (although you can use speakers, i just had my ps3 headphones on hand and used the RCA passthough and connected that to the RCA end on the adapter). And it did not work. Absolutely no sound came out, I guess its only one direction that it functions. Hope that helped.
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If you are watching HD, the audio would be 5.1 surround sound. If you are just distributing the front left and right channels, that's all that would be in those channels-- background music, sound effects...etc. The main voices would be in your center channel. You would need to switch your amp to not be surround sound when distributing, but rather just be stereo (l&r;). Or, try changing to the SD channel broadcast. Those are usually not in surround sound.
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If your stereo has the bi-amp feature, you hook the lower set to the back channel sounds on your stereo, which would otherwise go to the surround sound speakers you'd setup behind you. This separates the sounds going to your speakers, putting the high sounds to the high speakers and the bass sounds to your lower speakers; giving better sound quality and boomier bass. If you don't have this feature, just leave the connector in place like the other person says and it'll sound fine. But if you have bi-amp mode on your stereo and don't already have back speakers, you should use it. Your stereo manual should tell you if you can do this and how to set it up. If your stereo has the bi-amp feature, you hook the lower set to the back channel sounds on your stereo, which would otherwise go to the surround sound speakers you'd setup behind you. This separates the sounds going to your speakers, putting the high sounds to the high speakers and the bass sounds to your lower speakers; giving better sound quality and boomier bass. If you don't have this feature, just leave the connector in place like the other person says and it'll sound fine. But if you have bi-amp mode on your stereo and don't already have back speakers, you should use it. Your stereo... » Read More If your stereo has the bi-amp feature, you hook the lower set to the back channel sounds on your stereo, which would otherwise go to the surround sound speakers you'd setup behind you. This separates the sounds going to your speakers, putting the high sounds to the high speakers and the bass sounds to your lower speakers; giving better sound quality and boomier bass. If you don't have this feature, just leave the connector in place like the other person says and it'll sound fine. But if you have bi-amp mode on your stereo and don't already have back speakers, you should use it. Your stereo manual should tell you if you can do this and how to set it up. « Show Less
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I get the need for the AV cable, but does a single male to male cable work? The subwoofer has left and right in-jacks, so do you need to buy a female to male splitter to connect to the male/male cable coming from your receiver's sub/out? I think the instructions say you can hook up the AV cable to the sub/in Left but why wouldn't you want to use a right and left sub/in hookup? I don't get it? Also, can someone tell me whether 16 g speaker wire is good enough or is 12 g better? I'm not too tech-savvy.
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Actually, this is NOT the one you need; This one isn't bi-directional and doesn't flow in the direction you need. Good news; as an owner of lots of old electronics, there are adapters for literally any and all electronic components! Just keep using the Amazon search engine and you'll find what you need.
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For a 3.5 mm stereo connector for volume control, it controls the volume over the center prong over one channel (say right) AND the next ring for the other channel (say left) with the outside being ground. The volume controls work both directions. If you use a converter cord with a 3.5 mm stereo on one end and banana plugs (red/black) and want to change left and right channes, reverse the red black plugs. If you have a 3.mm on your audio out, the right/left channels will be reserved. Remember, there is not amplification so the wiring is bi-directional. Usually the headphone plug into the volume control jack and is repeated for the adapter connection to your audio output. Hope this helps. For a 3.5 mm stereo connector for volume control, it controls the volume over the center prong over one channel (say right) AND the next ring for the other channel (say left) with the outside being ground. The volume controls work both directions. If you use a converter cord with a 3.5 mm stereo on one end and banana plugs (red/black) and want to change left and right channes, reverse the red black plugs. If you have a 3.mm on your audio out, the right/left channels will be reserved. Remember, there is not amplification so the wiring is bi-directional. Usually the headphone plug into the... » Read More For a 3.5 mm stereo connector for volume control, it controls the volume over the center prong over one channel (say right) AND the next ring for the other channel (say left) with the outside being ground. The volume controls work both directions. If you use a converter cord with a 3.5 mm stereo on one end and banana plugs (red/black) and want to change left and right channes, reverse the red black plugs. If you have a 3.mm on your audio out, the right/left channels will be reserved. Remember, there is not amplification so the wiring is bi-directional. Usually the headphone plug into the volume control jack and is repeated for the adapter connection to your audio output. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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So in my experience as an IT student I have never encountered a uni-directional cable. People that don't buy sub cables can just use A/V cables (just provides lower quality sound). Really it should not matter which way the cable goes. If there is a hum try switching it. All its doing is completing a circuit, and from what I can tell there is no sort of switch in the wire, so again, the direction really shouldn't matter.
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Turning surround 5.1 to stereo work great. I run my TV audio to my stereo receiver as an option for movies or sports anyway so I didn't notice any difference
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Is your 3.5 mm connector stereo?, even if it is I'm guessing there are inexpensive adapters (probably @ Radio Shack) that will convert a 3.5 mm plug to either 2 wire (mono) or 4 wire (stereo). Pay attention to wire polarities (+ & -) as traditional 2 wire speakers connections are + & - , even if the wires are connected backwards the speakers will still work-- result you will be driving them backwards & they will not sound as clear. Solution, just reverse the wires. Good luck
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I know it says "input" on 2 and "output" on 1 connector. But, you can really use it either way. 1 input to 2 outputs or 2 inputs to 1 output. It's possible that there is some signal degradation, but I've used it successfully to switch between two outputs. Most of the time you wouldn't need to do that, as a splitter provides 2 outputs for 1 input. In the past, I had to use this switch instead of the splitter, because I wanted to have a bit of isolation. It worked fine.
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This adapter converts a std toslink cable to a 3.5mm mini toslink optical (SPDIF). ie Optical to Optical. The SPDIF mini optical interface is often "hidden" in a dual purpose 1/8 analog stereo jack on your PC or Mac - where your audio out jack will serve as both a standard analog stereo out (headphones or speakers) or an optical out depending on which connector/cable you have plugged into it. It is common these days for a PC to have an optical/analog dual jack and the user doesn't even know it. If your PC doesn't have SPDIF / mini-toslink output then this adapter wont help you with your Turtle Beach decoder. I have the same decoder/receiver, it requires optical in to carry the 7.1 digital signal. Recommend that you double check your PC, it may have optical after all, if it's a newer PC/Laptop. If your PC doesn't have any optical out, then you can only go stereo into the Turtle Beach from the PC. If your PC has a coax digital out, you may be able to get a coax to optical converter, but you'd probably be better off just getting a new sound card with optical out, in that case.
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the advice I found, and only after trying it with Bi-wired with my receiver, was unless you actually have two amps to power the speaker, wire it with the bridge in place via the single channel. You won't notice enough change with it bi-wired, and you only end up losing a pair of channels that you could otherwise use for rear surround or a second zone.
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I am not an expert but have recently done extra research. My short answer is ... yes. The left and right "surround" speakers of a 5.1 or 7.1 system are meant to convey mostly ambient sounds (background noises, some music, surround "effects"...). The sounds on these two surround channels are *mostly* non-specifically localized (i.e., you are not supposed to know exactly where they come from... even left or right in many cases). Thus, ideal surround speakers are designed to disperse or diffuse the sound using various techniques -- some techniques are better than others. Some speakers use out-of-phase "dipole" or "bipole" modes trying to reflect the sound, etc.. The catch is... with music and many newer mixed movies, the sound engineer remixes are now using the left and right surrounds more specifically sometimes... so you want some "directional" quality to the speakers as well (i.e., a car moving from left to right, or a door opening with wind on the right side...). Thus, it is good to find speakers that have a good blend of dispersion and directional quality, which the Klipsch RS-41, 42 are known to be. The REAR speakers, however, if you are using 7.1, are meant to be directional (not dispersed) as they are used to "anchor" sounds that the engineer intends to be specifically BEHIND the viewer (not "around" the viewer). There is not MUCH activity on the REAR channels, however, so smaller "bookshelf" directional speakers are recommended, and dispersion surround speakers would be a waste of money.
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It doesn't matter. Like others said, this type of cable is bi-directional. If one side was XLR, then it would matter, but not in this case.
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I tried the Y adapter, but on my unit it makes 1 side of the headphones much louder than the other. If I connect to one side only, the sound only comes out of 1 side of my headphones. Too bad- this could be the perfect stereo!
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It's one male, one female so whatever would have plugged in - still plugs into the adapter. All this does is change the direction of the plug, then you go ahead and plug in whatever would have fit. Also be clear - this is the one most people will want - the 270's. "90-degree" usually turns the connection to be *into* the device you want to plug into - which is useless. If you're trying to make a "straight up in the back of a TV" connection - face *out* instead, this is what you want.
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The A/D cable does not work in both directions - the signal flow must be *from* the audio end *to* the USB end. That means you can not play out through your USB jack using this cable.You will need a D/A box to play out from your USB port to your speakers, and probably an amp as well (unless your speakers are powered). You can find these little guys branded as external USB sound cards, typically for under $50. Some of the nicer ones have gain and processing controls, but most will have an 1/8" TRS jack rather than RCA or full size phono jacks. When you go looking for a solution, remember to consider all the connections you'll have to make as well as power considerations. The A/D cable does not work in both directions - the signal flow must be *from* the audio end *to* the USB end. That means you can not play out through your USB jack using this cable.You will need a D/A box to play out from your USB port to your speakers, and probably an amp as well (unless your speakers are powered). You can find these little guys branded as external USB sound cards, typically for under $50. Some of the nicer ones have gain and processing controls, but most will have an 1/8" TRS jack rather than RCA or full size phono jacks. When you go looking for a... » Read More The A/D cable does not work in both directions - the signal flow must be *from* the audio end *to* the USB end. That means you can not play out through your USB jack using this cable.You will need a D/A box to play out from your USB port to your speakers, and probably an amp as well (unless your speakers are powered). You can find these little guys branded as external USB sound cards, typically for under $50. Some of the nicer ones have gain and processing controls, but most will have an 1/8" TRS jack rather than RCA or full size phono jacks. When you go looking for a solution, remember to consider all the connections you'll have to make as well as power considerations. « Show Less