3.5mm Stereo Female to 2-Male Y-Splitter Audio Cable 2M, Ancable 1/8" Female to 2 Dual 1/8" Male Aux Mic Splitter Jack Cable for Speaker, Headphones, PC, Laptop, Aluminum Connector

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A Y-cable, Y cable, or splitter cable is a cable with three ends: one common end and two other ends. The Y-cable can resemble the Latin letter " Y".

Lenovo ThinkPad USB 3.0 Secure Hard Drive". Ziff Davis. 2012-06-19. The ThinkPad Secure Hard Drive ... comes with a ... Y cable that connects the drive to two USB 2.0 ports for adequate power if your PC doesn't have a USB 3.0 port. However, you may also find people using Y adapter cables. But what is a Y adapter cable and why use one? However, a great way to reduce subwoofer hum caused by RF on the line is to use a “shielded” subwoofer cable. 5. RCA Adapter May Gather DirtMany people use a Y splitter to connect both subwoofer inputs so they can prevent this problem because the auto-on mode of some older subwoofers (e.g the Velodyne CH-12) may not come on at lower levels without the use of a Y cable. 4. Hum Reduction We use Y adapter cables to connect a stereo amplifier or receiver to a mono input subwoofer. We also use them to connect stereo subwoofers to receivers or amplifiers.

You would then wire the RCA cables from the preamp outs to both sub inputs. This will then cause the stereo summing to occur within the subwoofer. Robjohns, Hugh (December 2003). "How do I create a stereo mix from mono material?". Sound on Sound. You now need to derive two outputs from this ... signal [which can be done using] a splitter cable ...First of all, you can hook up a powered subwoofer properly with regular RCA cables. A “Y” splitter cable is not necessarily needed. As we have mentioned before, a Y cable is used to connect your AV receiver to your mono subwoofer and thereby transmit the low frequencies the subwoofer needs to operate. Subwoofer hum is a common problem in home theater systems. It is so common that sometimes your subwoofer may hum without any input. There are many types of subwoofer cables, so when hooking up your subwoofer to your receiver, you do not have to use a Y splitter cable, any standard RCA or subwoofer cable will work just fine. If you are using an AV receiver with bass management, it may only have one (mono) sub out connector.