Reddit reviews Hosa YRA-104 RCA to Dual RCAF Y Cable

Yes, your way will. See my second solution.

One way to do it:

Turntable PC
| |
Preamp DAC
+----Switch---+
|
Vali2
|
Preout--+--HeadphoneOut
| |
Speakers Headphones

When it comes to the switch, if you want a pretty silver one to match your Vali2 and Modi2, the Schiit SYS passive preamp will do the job. It will also give you a nice volume knob to use with powered speakers.

As for outputs, I believe your Vali 2 will switch between them depending on whether headphones are plugged in. If you want to be able to use both for whatever reason or want to be able to use your speakers without unplugging headphones, want to be able to use them without turning on headphone amp, etc., then use a Y splitter infront of the headphone amp, giving you:

Turntable PC
| |
Preamp DAC
+----Switch---+
|
Y splitter
| |
Vali2 Speakers
|
HeadphoneOut
|
Headphones

I used to run this exact setup, but I moved my turntable to another system. So now I just use the Schiit SYS that I have no need for anymore instead of a Y splitter. If you keep the volume up, you can use it to switch between two outputs with the button on the front. There are cheaper tools to do this, and I would suggest the Y splitter if you go this way.

Rca splitters or selectors. Super cheap ones on Amazon, or shell out a bit more for a nicer one.

Like this: Hosa YRA-104 RCA to Dual RCAF Y-Cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000068O4Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_JOz7xbWBZ5BPZ

Or: Fosmon Technology 3-Way Audio / Video RCA Switch Selector / Splitter Box & AV Patch Cable for Connecting 3 RCA Output Devices to Your TV https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HNCPR92/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_yPz7xbR6BCQ6B

Nicer: Four Input Source Tabletop Control Switch Box Internal Pc Board Design Metal Case https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056EK7Q2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_-Qz7xbAK8CJFZ

Done new afraid to get one made for AV, there's no difference. You just won't use the video rca jack.

If you have the Sanskrit just get two RCA splitters and share the output with two pair of short rca cables one to the SA60 and one to your new Head-amp.

Once you have the splitters you don't have to look for in-out's on the head-amp. So the SMSL SAP VI or the SAP 8 would both work.

These should work also, and a little cheaper.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000068O4Z/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000068O4Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

Yep, you got it. I ended up buying two of these splitter cables to plug into the back of the Modi MB:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000068O4Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I will throw caution to the wind, and say it may be possible that there is a degradation to the signal, but personally I can't tell. I do have to compensate by adjusting the volume slightly (and I really do mean slightly) higher on both, versus running each on their own, but it's not a big deal. In practice, I can easily switch between the two amps, or have both play at the exact same time, which was worth it to me. :)

Could I use something like this and use two of them. Have one plugged into the L and one in the R of the Dac. And then connect a one L and R to the headphone amp and the other to the speakers?

1, 2, 3, and 4 - http://pcpartpicker.com/product/Gj6BD3/corsair-speakers-casp211na

They are worse than a set of studio monitors and a dedicated subwoofer, but if you don't want to put in the 2 minutes of effort they still sound good.

As for number 5 on your list, THX certification is pretty much pointless. Speakers can either cover a certain frequency and keep a fairly flat response or not.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KVEIY4E

https://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-10-Inch-Powered-Subwoofer/dp/B0002KVQBA

https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-YRA-104-Dual-RCAF-Y-Cable/dp/B000068O4Y x2

https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Premium-Smartphones-Tablets-Theater/dp/B00B2HP1MW

If you reconsider the DIY method, you can purchase that stuff along with 2 standard RCA cables and be done in minutes.

Get two RCA splitters. http://www.amazon.com/Hosa-YRA-104-Male-Female-Cable/dp/B000068O4Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415031272&sr=8-1&keywords=rca+splitter

One end to the speakers the other to the sub. The sub has to be active.

(I've actually been looking for a pre-amp just like that. Thanks!)

> So the line out on the Yamaha is currently occupied by a powered sub. Could I get an aux splitter to connect one end to the powered sub and one to the JVC?

Yes. An RCA splitter like this would work:
https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-YRA-104-Dual-RCAF-Y-Cable/dp/B000068O4Y/

> What is the relevance of the Tape Out on the JVC, what can I do with that?

Tape Out was intended to pass a line-level signal to a reel-to-reel magnetic tape recorder, usually immediately before the signal is amplified (so after volume control, and bass and treble filters etc on the integrated amplifier). Tape In is what comes back from the tape recorder and gets amplified directly.

Instead of a tape recorder, some listeners insert an equalizer or other signal processing, but Tape Out can also be split and sent to other components as a line-level input. Some receivers activate Tape Out / Tape In through a TAPE MONITOR button, other receivers have Tape Out / Tape In always on, and simply bridge the Tape Out to the Tape In through a small metal clip.

On your JVC, when you select Phono as your input, and TAPE MONITOR enabled, the RIAA-equalized and volume controlled signal will get sent to the Tape Out jacks, so you could send that to the Yamaha only (using the JVC essentially as a phono pre-amp), or split the Tape Out and send the signal also back to the JVC for amplification and have the sound come out of both amplifiers and all four speakers at once.

Connecting the record player to Tape In or Tape Out ports would not produce enjoyable results since phono signal would not have RIAA equalization applied.

> Will there be any difference in sound apart from the difference in the two sets of speakers (more about delay than quality)?

The signal will be received by the second amplifier slightly after it is received by the first amplifier. Electricity travels through copper cable at between 50% and 75% of the speed of light, which is roughly 300 million m/s. An amplifier adds a few dozen meters to the signal path at most, so there's not a significant difference there.

The speed of sound, however, is roughly 300 m/s, so delay might be noticeable between sets of speakers if they are very far apart relative to your listening position. The wavelength of notes in the 0-20 kHz range are in the 0-20 m range, so speaker placement may affect constructive or destructive interference for speakers on the same channel. These speed and length of sound concerns apply whether the signal is driven by one or multiple amplifiers.

This would do the trick http://schiit.com/products/sys

You also need an RCA splitter to allow you to connect both the sub and speakers to it. Something like this https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-YRA-104-Dual-RCAF-Y-Cable/dp/B000068O4Y/

Finally, the studio monitors don't have RCA jacks so you'll need a cable like this https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-CPR-202-Stereo-Interconnect-Cable/dp/B000068O17/

Man you have a fairly dysfunctional system in that a lot of the things meant to minimize the setup are broken. With that said. Some options I thought of are:

Option a:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008JYB93G Cheapest DAC you can buy. $16
https://www.amazon.com/VONOTO-Switcher-Toslink-Splitter-Converter/dp/B00PZKA5E6/ for switching between toslinks $14
https://www.amazon.com/IEC-Speaker-Wire-Pair-Males/dp/B003U46G8I/ To connect the powered monitors to the subwoofer, you can use these with the splitters below.
https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-YRA-104-Dual-RCAF-Y-Cable/dp/B000068O4Y x 2
https://www.amazon.com/KabelDirekt-feet-Stereo-Audio-Cable/dp/B00DI89IQS $10 connects from splitters to subwoofer.

That is the low cost version. You can replace the $16 dac with a micca Origin+ ($110 shipped) and then you'd also have a cost-efficient DAC/PReamp with a volume nob, and ability to switch between input sources and output sources easier. Would also increase audio quality by a bit if your input source isn't too good.

Want to add an equalizer, high pass filters, etc? Look into a Mini DSP 2 x 4. That should take care of those needs. But I don't think it would really be all that necessary. Your call, this is the cheapest way imo to do this.

Best of luck.

Get one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00428BF1Y/

Then look up some tutorials on YouTube for setting up OBS Studio.

If you want to play on a separate TV while you record (which I'd probably recommend), get one of these as well: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010EIK6K6/

You'll also need some male-to-male RCA cables: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07846GW8H/

If you want to split the NES' mono audio to both channels: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000068O4Y/

Use this coming off of the left (or right, but people typically use left) channel. Then run one rca to your left HS5 and the other to your subwoofer.

TRS to RCA > RCA splitters > 2 RCA cables

RCA splitters are cheap. Youc an get solid splitters for less than $1 each or pay a little more for splitter cables. Here are the splitters I bought recently. They had great build quality.

Yeah, it would be super easy to run two. If you already have power coming in for one, just extend it over to the second. Also would need to split the RCA cables (red & white, they provide the audio data from the interface/head unit).

What I've did in the past (and what the OP probably ended up doing is buying a Y-splitter (link below) and plug the single end of it to the Denon output labeled "SW" and then connect his RCA's to it and the other end to his subwoofer.


Hosa YRA-104 RCA Male To Dual RCA Female Cable

http://www.amazon.com/Hosa-YRA-104-Male-Female-Cable/dp/B000068O4Y

Edit
I don't know why that link appears to take you to a review of the product I was talking about. I've edited my post and check the link and it still keeps doing it for me on my mobile even though it's the link copied from the items main page.. Strange

Wow, you are a library of knowledge, thank you very much for helping me out. I just found the JVC at a yard sale for 5$ and couldn't pass it up especially since I was looking for an amp that had a phono input.

Some more follow up questions:

> Yes. An RCA splitter like this would work: https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-YRA-104-Dual-RCAF-Y-Cable/dp/B000068O4Y/

So I would need to get four of the RCA-to-Dual RCAF, two for the line out on the Yamaha (left and right) and two for the Tape-1 Rec on the JVC, correct?



>On your JVC, when you select Phono as your input, and TAPE MONITOR enabled, the RIAA-equalized and volume controlled signal will get sent to the Tape Out jacks, so you could send that to the Yamaha only (using the JVC essentially as a phono pre-amp), or split the Tape Out and send the signal also back to the JVC for amplification and have the sound come out of both amplifiers and all four speakers at once.

I'm still not 100% sure I completely understand the function of Tape Out (which I assume is the 'Rec' input on Tape-1?) So on the front of the JVC I'm having a little trouble understanding all the buttons. If I select Phono input and press the Tape-1 button and the Tape-1 'Rec' (I assume this is the same as 'out') split so that it goes to both the Yamaha and back into the Tape-1 'Play' (I assume this is the same as 'in') then I will be playing the phono through both amplifiers and both amplifiers will have the same adjustments made to the signal (the one from the phono input), however, they will amplify them differently (depending on the volume level of each amplifier, correct?)

Is the 'TAPE MONITOR' you refer to the same as the Tape-1 button on the front of the JVC?

If I switch on Tape-1 then there will be no output to the speakers without reconnecting the Tape Rec to the Tape Play, correct? This is why some receivers have the bridge you were referring to?

What do the buttons 'SUBSONIC FILTER' and 'SEA REC' do? Also what does the EXT-NR DUBB under the Tape 1 and Tape 2 buttons mean?

I don't expect you to know this one but I'll try anyways, any idea on the difficulty of the repair or the type of bulbs of the light bulbs behind the little wattage meters on the front of the JVC that light up as little blue circles? Both seem to be busted, but I think they look really neat lit up.

Again, thank you for letting me utilize your obvious well-versed brain

Personally I wouldn't use XLR to XLR. It's a balanced input, whereas the RCA input is not, and this means inside the speakers there will be some amount of circuitry between the two inputs, so you would not be simply chaining them together this way. So it could work, but you are off the beaten bath and it very well might not work.

Instead, I would use splitter cables. (Incidentally, what you have now is technically not a splitter. It is a breakout cable because the two connectors on one end are connected to different things on the other end.) There are basically 3 ways you could do this:

• Get RCA male to dual RCA female splitter cables (like this -- you will need two of them) and plug one into the RCA input of each speaker. Then run male RCA to male RCA cables (like these) between speakers.
  
• Similarly, get RCA female to dual RCA male cables (like this -- again, you will need two), and use them with RCA extension cables (like this).
  
• Alternatively, split the cable while it is still 3.5mm (with a cable like this) and then get another 3.5mm to dual RCA breakout cable like you already have.
  
  The first method uses the splitter cable "backwards" but that doesn't really matter, and RCA male-to-male cables are easier to find than extension cables (like the second method). The cables for the last method are available very widely but it might be more or less convenient depending on how you want to place the speakers and route the cables.

Guessing your output are rca

Hosa YRA-104 RCA Male To Dual RCA Female Cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000068O4Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_K65nxbJWT24WQ

Hi,
I have Edifier R1280T speakers which have 2 sets of RCA Inputs.

I have 3 sources of audio: a turntable, a chromecast audio, and a Roland Quad-Capture.

I'm wondering how I can connect all three sources to the two inputs (2 white, 2 red) on my speakers. I tried RCA Male to Dual RCA Female but the sound was very quiet.

Would RCA piggyback cable work or would I just have the same issue?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!