Audio splitter?

[kiran_sham]

I am looking for a cable to connect from my laptop (DELL Inspiron 5100) headphone output (single lead) to my Yamaha RX-V1500 receiver (dual lead). Does anyone know what is that kind of a cable called? Audio splitter??

 

[MacManNM]

I am looking for a cable to connect from my laptop (DELL Inspiron 5100) headphone output (single lead) to my Yamaha RX-V1500 receiver (dual lead). Does anyone know what is that kind of a cable called? Audio splitter??

1/8" stereo headphone to RCA.

Radio shack has them, so does war mart.

 

[Cygnus]

aka, a "Y" Cable Thats what i use on my system, to go from my Denon to my computer.

 

[kiran_sham]

splitter

OK, Let me find one in Walmart. Thanks a lot for your inputs.

Kiran.

 

[jaxvon]

If I were you, I'd get a high-quality external sound card and use the audio output on that. The headphone output on Dell notebooks is kinda noisy and their A/D conversion is noticably lacking. I use Sony MDR-7506 headphones with mine, and I can hear EVERYTHING, and believe me, it leaves something to be desired. If I were you, I'd look at going for an external Audigy 2 or maybe an M-Audio Audiophile USB.

 

[GettinDegreez]

Umm wouldn't a headphone out on the laptop be a powered out(I could be wrong). It may not be very much, but it might make a little difference on sending a powered signal to a line in jack on a reciever. I've been told that wasn't a good idea. If your laptop doesn't have a line out I would highly suggest getting an external sound, it will sound 10x better than your laptop's sound card.

You could get this M-Audio Sonica Theater 7.1 that would probably be better than a similarly priced Audigy 2 NX

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/SonicaTheater-main.html

 

[jaxvon]

It doesn't take much juice to drive headphones (as long as they're lower impedence). So, it's not really much of a powered output. However, it is noisy as heck and is very noticable on a good piece of equipment. I reiterate my suggestion to use an external sound card. M-Audio makes nice stuff, and the drivers are simple and clean, no unwanted garbage like Creative. If you do go external, you may want to consider going digital. That will eliminate the noise completely.