gareth Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 I need a simple A/B switch box that's capable of flipping between two 3.5mm stereo jack inputs on a 3.5mm stereo jack output. I could knock one together easily enough - but there's no point in spending the time making one if I can just buy one from somewhere at a reasonable price .... Anyone know whether such a thing exists 'off-the-shelf'? I've tried Maplin and CPC with no success - any other suggetions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Gareth There are lots of simple a/b switchers that work in the stereo phono domain? would it be possible to consider one of these and three phono to 3.5mm leads? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted August 21, 2004 Author Share Posted August 21, 2004 Gareth There are lots of simple a/b switchers that work in the stereo phono domain? would it be possible to consider one of these and three phono to 3.5mm leads? James<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, I found loads of options using phono connectors - I was just wondering whether I could source a 3.5mm option. It's for switching a speaker system between a laptop and a desktop - running 3.5mm to phono from the computers is easy enough, but the speakers have a captive 3.5mm cable on them and ideally I'd like to be able to avoid using a phono-to-3.5mm jumper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamplighter Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Gareth I was just trying to work out if you were Stu's clone or vice versa when you changed to the cow. I think we were all getting confused. Sorry--off topic but I couldn't resist! Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted August 21, 2004 Author Share Posted August 21, 2004 Gareth I was just trying to work out if you were Stu's clone or vice versa when you changed to the cow. I think we were all getting confused. Sorry--off topic but I couldn't resist! Brian<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hehe! Yeah, seems like we both decided to change to the same avatar at the same time! But never mind, the cow is now back from the parallel dimension to tell us about the beans ..... :( (You really need to see the animation to have the slightest clue what I'm talking about!) Meanwhile, back at the topic - anyone got any good suggestions before I toddle off down to Maplin tomorrow and buy some bits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Gareth, Second alternative? I assume that the desktop doesn't move at all, therefore could you run the laptop sound into the desktop line in and run that to the speakers? Only problem with this is that the desktop has to be on to listen to the laptop, benefit is that it is a very cheep alternative. Third alternative, A second pair pf speakers could be cheeper James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 I assume that the desktop doesn't move at all, therefore could you run the laptop sound into the desktop line in and run that to the speakers?Blimey, you're cooking on gas today, ain't ya?! :( I had considered this, but as you say ....Only problem with this is that the desktop has to be on to listen to the laptopExactly. Don't really want to be restricted in that way. Third alternative, A second pair pf speakers could be cheeperAnother pair of the rather lovely Harman Kardon speakers that I have on my desk would cost me over £100, so perhaps that's not such an attractive option! :P I think I'll be going down the route of knocking a switcher together myself - looks like it's going to be the easiest/cheapest solution in the long run. But thanks for your suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomLyall Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 At least by building it yourself you can choose the enclosure you want yourself... Have you concidered mounting it on a spare blanking plate.. so its on the front of your computer rather than another box to clutter your desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 If you are building it yourself you could do what I did earlier at work - stick a couple of 10K resistors in it and forget the switch - you've essentially got a simple 2 into 1 resistive mixer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Just out of curiosity did you end up building or buying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 Just out of curiosity did you end up building or buying?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Building! Couldn't find anything suitable off-the-shelf .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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