I want to have a triple switch box for my computer, ipad and iphone, that lets me avoid having constantly plug in headphones. Suggestions?
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Hi Tjay! I have the headset switcher you are considering, and it works great, but it is really made for attaching a microphone, speakers, and a headset to one computer. I would not recomend it for your application. However, if you search Amazon for "audio switch box" you will find many low cost switch selectors designed to connect multiple audio/video (A/V) devices to one A/V device. Most of these switch selectors are not too expensive, plus they give you video options you may want to use later. For your present need you will utilize only the audio inputs and outputs, all of which support stereo. Your biggest challenge may be that most of the switch boxes utilize only RCA-type audio jacks. Your computer, ipad, aand iphone probably use only miniature plug-in connections (3.5 mm); for some of the switch boxes you will have to purchase one or more "Y-adaptors" to converts RCA to 3.5 mm. One Y-adaptor sold by Amazon is listed as "2 x RCA Male, 1 x 3.5mm Stereo Female, Y-Cable 6-Inch" (about $3 + free shipping). A few of the switch boxes you may want to look at are listed as: 1) "Gino PC Monitoring 4 In 1 Out VGA Ports Audio Switch Box Blk" ($23 with four 3.5 mm inputs and four VGA inputs, plus one 3.5 mm output and one VGA output. Probably your best choice); 2) "Sima SVS-14 4 Input Manual A/V Selector" ($16 with four RCA A/V inputs, one RCA A/V output, plus a 3.5 mm headphone jack to monitor audio inputs); 3) "3-Way Audio Video AV RCA Switch Selector Box Splitter For XBOX XBOX360 DVD PS2 PS3 with AV Cable" ($4 with three RCA A/V inputs and one RCA A/V outputs); and 4) "TCC TC-716 6-Way Stereo Source Selector; BLACK VERSION" ($30 with six RCA A/V input/outputs, four of which are RCA and two, 3.5 mm. With this device, multiple inputs can be monitored at the same time and you would only have to purchase one Y-adaptor). I would say your best choice may be the Gino device because all the audio inputs and outputs have 3.5 mm connections (no Y-adaptors are necesary). Hope this helps. Blessings to you!
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I'm pretty sure you cannot do that. Your iPhone toggles between music outputs. You cannot choose more than one at a time.
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There are 3 different on/off switches that each control 3 ports. This way you can leave plugs and/or devices plugged in and not keep yanking cords out over and over and use the power buttons to cut power when not using
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This is only a pair-splitter. You'd accomplish what you want with all pairs intact with a switch.
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It has 3 inputs(aux,cd&phono;) also tape in&out-so; in theory you could plug in 4 different devices
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I only have one but I don't think you can. I have it connected to my ipad and the ipad will reject any other connections when attached to the sound fly
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Yes, that is exactly what this is for. There are two push-toggle buttons. One switches between two audio outputs and another enables/disables a connected microphone.
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The headphones can only use one input at a time. You could have the optical (digital) and the RCA jacks (analog) plugged in at once but only one can have activity. There is not a switch to select which input is to be used. You can get an additional switch box for either type of those inputs if you need or like. Note that there is a switch on the headphone tower for attenuating a analog signal (0db/-8db) which could be needed for some analog sources but not all. In that case you would have to switch two switches when changing from analog sources. Also note that the surround effect is not as pronounced or awesome until you use the digital complex input.
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That is why I stay away from Apple. Nice products but too proprietary. You could hook your phone via a cable, but that kind of defeats the purpose. Too bad cause this a great music machine. I have two of the logitechs.
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Yes, it would be good for that. It's just a passive mechanical A/B switch. I use it to switch 2 different sources into the one set of headphones. It can work to switch one source (like your headphone preamp) to two different headphones, or visa versus.
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There's a USB port, but no jack on the switch itself. You should be able to divert the audio output on your computer to the headphone jack using the computer's audio controls. Hope that helps.
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We are using an iPhone app called SoundAmp R - there is a free version and a paid version, both have nice features. We went for the paid one - it had better ability to mix/suppress bass. We are using it primarily as a hearing assistive tool and application, though. Good luck!
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Yes. Low quality products will do that. Don't waste your time. Its pretty annoying, you can't really listen to music. Connecting two will only make that worse.
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Sharp GX-M10 is just what you are looking for. It comes with a handy remote that allow you to select your inputs,volume,skip tracks etc.Also comes with tuner,CD player,USB input,iPod input,guitar input,axillary input. in which you could connect your phone,PC tablet or any portable player using head phone out from device. NOTE: NO Bluetooth connectivity. Hope this was. Helpful.
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The box is designed to strip off the audio from an HDMI signal being passed through it so that the audio can be routed to an amplifier for listening. As such there are two outputs A) TOSLINK (optical) and B)Line level (RCA connectors). Line level will probably be too low to drive your headphones (and there will be loss due to impedance mismatch) so that you will doubtless need a phones amplifier.
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It's worth it if you have an iPhone which is what the three button control is designed for. They are great headphones either way!
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The switch does not have amplification so you can't control the volume with it. From memory I think you can have two sources plugged into it (ie amplifiers). What you are suggesting is not as simple as it seems, good luck