Re: Re: How to split a bog-standard analogue stereo signal without distortion

["Tracey Gardner" <tracey.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are we talking about 3.5mm stereo jack plugs and sockets?

Tracey

----- Original Message -----
From: "theboyguk5" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:23 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: How to split a bog-standard analogue stereo signal
without distortion


> None of yer resistor talk here m'lad - all gibberish to me :-)
>
> What I need is a product that I can exchange for hard cash to sort
this
> out methinks. Something automatic or 'dumb'
>
> I'm just taking the Wii analogue signal, splitting it, and then
passing
> each feed to the 2 home cinema amps. For sure, something's not right
when
> both are connected.
>
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Keith Doxey" <ukha@...> wrote:
>>
>> Shouldn't be any distortion doing that unless the amps you are
feedint
>> into
>> short unused inputs to ground thereby overloading the source.
>>
>> Take the signal and feed each amp through a resistor of between
100 ohm
>> and
>> 1kohm, you may get a slight loss of signal but nothing noticable
and it
>> will
>> prevent either of the amps from overloading the source.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
>> > On Behalf Of Gareth Cook
>> > Sent: 09 February 2010 16:30
>> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [ukha_d] How to split a bog-standard analogue stereo
>> > signal without distortion
>> >
>> > Here's the thing - I need to split an analogue stereo audio
>> > signal (usual phono connectors) into 2 stereo feeds.
>> >
>> > I've put a el cheap 50p phono splitter in place, but I'm
>> > getting distortion. I presume there's some sort of
>> > termination required ? I have a stereo signal source, and I
>> > want to send to 2 x amps.
>> >
>> > Can anyone recommend anything ? Passive would be nice but
>> > perhaps I need a powered solution ?
>> >
>> > tia
>> >
>> >
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