Phil Leigh Wrote: > ? - I'd have said that y's are good for joining (especially in this > case) - they are less good for splitting - especially if the two pieces > of equipment have different impedance characteristics etc...they'll > interact in subtle ways...you really need some kind of a pad (active or > passive) to buffer each item when splitting... > > used Y's in the studio a lot for joining (usually as in your case to > make a stereo signal into mono) - I'd never use them for splitting... Well, I'm not an audio engineer, but from everything I've read and heard from folks who know more than me (like my EE friends), joining stereo signals with a Y is a bad idea because one channel ends up trying to drive the other when their levels are not identical (i.e. always). Here's a reference:
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