Hey all,
I inherited my Grandads late 70's/early 80's Sony stack system (I think judging by no original CD deck) and added a basic but capable CD player to the equation. Now, I have run a 10 metre twin RCA-RCA lead from the TV but I dont want to have to keep pulling everything forward to jump between my Ipod dock and the TV.
So, does a twin RCA splitter box exist? I would also like it to look half decent if possible, but form is over function and something around £20-30?
Over to you gents!
Doug
I've seen these in tandem with SCART splitters. The ones with manual switches are dog-eggs, awful quality; I had one for a while and defenestrated it in the end.
You can get electronically controlled switchboxes, but they're considerably more expensive.
A quick google would indicate there's loads. [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Way-Phono-Selector-Switch-Red/dp/B000LARTHQ ]here[/url] for example. If price is an indicator of quality there's one for £20 at [url= http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=97932 ]Maplin[/url], no idea if it's any good or not though.
Or here for three quid - probably worth a gamble at that sort of money. http://www.ukmobi.co.uk/Product_3094.aspx
hmmmm, so you mean something like below would be really poor?
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/6254
or
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/1387
Call me shallow but I was after something that looked a little simpler and more in keeping with the rest of the hifi as I was just going to stick it on top of the stack. 3 would be fine but 4 is overkill and I wanted the smaller the better really. Im a fussy git I know!
The first one is almost certainly going to be dreadful - those rotary switches have a life expectancy of about fifteen minutes. Dunno about the second one.
If your problem is solely the rummaging about, you could get extension cables and then you can unplug / replug from further away.
As for 'inkeeping with the rest of the hifi', we'd need to know what it looks like to meet that criteria.
Hey, do you have anything else with phono-in connectors that you could use as a switchbox? VCR maybe?
I dont really, a DVD player but its only got an audio out. As from the pic below ideally silver/black and something that fits with the rest of it, disregarding the Iphone dock.
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Please excuse the pinky red lampshade, I've gotta let the missus have some of her stuff too!
Heh, funky.
I think to be inkeeping with that, you need a switchbox something like this:
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Just stumbled across these,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/PHONO-AUDIO-VIDEO-SPLITTER-ADAPTER/dp/B000L980MU
Probably not exactly "hifi" and you'd have to be careful not to run both inputs at the same time, but I don't think you'll find a cheaper solution...!
I have some RCA Y-splitter adaptor cables, you can have, transparent insulation, double screened, gold plated connectors, etc, that i'm never going to use.
Fiver and they're yours, they were intended for a car installation but I never got round to it.
Essentially they do the same job as what cougar linked to, but look nicer.
That isn't audiophile equipment and RCA splitters are a no no!
Spongebob, what would you recommend? Cougar, I did see them but wanted to go for something a little better straight off...