Silly question about 3.5mm splitters

[LooneyJuice]

Hello Dudes/Dudettes,

 

I own a Cloud 2 headset and I want to have the option to switch from the inline DAC to my onboard Audio so I can selectively enable/disable stuff like noise cancellation. I know I need a splitter for that, my question is, what is the correct terminology for a 1x3.5mm to 2x3.5mm splitter? is there one? I've been busting my brain trying to find a proper cable/extension in domestic marketplaces, and I keep getting oddball stuff like the 2x3.5mm to consolidated 3.5mm. Help is much appreciated with this rather silly question.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

Pretty sure it's just called an "aux splitter"

[Dang3r D3bbi3]

2 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

Pretty sure it's just called an "aux splitter"

yea...i have one i think

[Hikaru12]

You don't really need a splitter for that. You can just select the audio interface of choice from your sound selection menu on your desktop. A 3.5mm splitter just splits the signal into two directions with no volume control on either as that's controlled by the source. If you get a shitty one, it'll actually half your output volume as I've had happen to me. 

[Dang3r D3bbi3]

and aux splitter is about splitting between sources

[LooneyJuice]

4 minutes ago, Hikaru12 said:

You don't really need a splitter for that. You can just select the audio interface of choice from your sound selection menu on your desktop. A 3.5mm splitter just splits the signal into two directions with no volume control on either as that's controlled by the source. If you get a shitty one, it'll actually half your output volume as I've had happen to me. 

I do, since I want to maintain the Mic input. I don't have any consolidated 3.5mm sockets on my board. Correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK, I could totally just stick it into my board as is, but I'd only have output, no input.

 

EDIT: Just occurred to me, would just a generic 3.5mm stereo splitter do the same job? Does anyone know? It wouldn't be labeled but it should work, yeah?

[Hikaru12]

7 minutes ago, LooneyJuice said:

I do, since I want to maintain the Mic input. I don't have any consolidated 3.5mm sockets on my board. Correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK, I could totally just stick it into my board as is, but I'd only have output, no input.

 

EDIT: Just occurred to me, would just a generic 3.5mm stereo splitter do the same job? Does anyone know? It wouldn't be labeled but it should work, yeah?

A splitter works in both directions. Say you have your 3.5mm from your computer, you can split that signal between a pair of speakers and headphones or you can output the signal from a DAC and let's say a Sonos and output that from 3.5mm to your speakers with a 3.5mm to RCA splitter. By switching, I was having a hard time understanding what you mean. A splitter will allow you to use both devices at the same time so yes in your scenario it should work. 

[LooneyJuice]

1 hour ago, Hikaru12 said:

A splitter works in both directions. Say you have your 3.5mm from your computer, you can split that signal between a pair of speakers and headphones or you can output the signal from a DAC and let's say a Sonos and output that from 3.5mm to your speakers with a 3.5mm to RCA splitter. By switching, I was having a hard time understanding what you mean. A splitter will allow you to use both devices at the same time so yes in your scenario it should work. 

I can see how that may have caused some confusion now. By switching I merely mean unplugging it from the DAC completely and then using the consolidated 3.5mm jack through a splitter to plug into my onboard Motherboard Audio (therefore assuming more granular control of the headset) and maintain Input and Output (the former of which I would have lost, had I plugged it straight in without splitting the input signal). My problem is that I cannot for the life of me in my current domestic online market (Greece) find a labeled headphone/mic splitter. Sadly, it seems to be more of a case of misinformation and poor labeling. I just searched on Amazon.de and found this on the first go for crying out loud. Thanks for the input though, much obliged.