are RCA Y-adapters any good ???

[rustycar 10+ year member]

well is what i am wondering is when using a RCA Y-adapter dose the signal get cut in half, if so how dose it effect the signal? less voltage, any loss in sound quality?

on my home theater system, i have two y-adapters connected to my preamp then running to two amps, one to my highs, one to the lows.

i added a powerd sub to the left channel with a nother Y-adapter, this makes three. well it sounded amazing once i got it tuned, but the left side seems darker than the right. whats up with these y-adapters and is there anything else i can use?

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[rustycar 10+ year member]

why dose it disturb you?

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

cuz its borderline ************

 

[Matty6 10+ year member]

Y splitters will half the voltage. You will lose some SQ (not noticeable in most cases), and your gain will need to be higher, and your amp will work a bit harder because of it.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Y splitters will half the voltage.

That's absolutely, 100% FALSE.

A y-splitter WILL NOT split the voltage in half.

You will lose some SQ (not noticeable in most cases), and your gain will need to be higher, and your amp will work a bit harder because of it.

Again, 100% false. You WILL NOT hear an audible difference, and your gain WILL NOT need to be set any higher.

Since you are basically wiring the two circuits in parallel, current doubles and voltage stays the same. This increased current MAY cause a small, small, small, completely unnoticeable decrease in voltage (talking like .1-.2V at most). But that's nothing you will ever notice.

So, if you have 4V preouts, each amp will still recieve 4V input.

Relate it to wiring components to your battery. If you wire something to your battery (like an amp), does it half the voltage to each component? No. Same thing with your RCA outputs. It won't half the voltage.

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

That's absolutely, 100% FALSE.
A y-splitter WILL NOT split the voltage in half.

Again, 100% false. You WILL NOT hear an audible difference, and your gain WILL NOT need to be set any higher.

Since you are basically wiring the two circuits in parallel, current doubles and voltage stays the same. This increased current MAY cause a small, small, small, completely unnoticeable decrease in voltage (talking like .1-.2V at most). But that's nothing you will ever notice.

So, if you have 4V preouts, each amp will still recieve 4V input.

Relate it to wiring components to your battery. If you wire something to your battery (like an amp), does it half the voltage to each component? No. Same thing with your RCA outputs. It won't half the voltage.

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