What is this Audio cable called?

[DragonBorn1511]

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Vk8AAOSwTM5Yw~pw/s-l1600.jpg

Looking for a few of these.

Looks like a male/female stereo RCA to female 3.5mm jack to me.

I need a female stereo RCA to female 3.5mm jack. but when I search for that on Ebay, can't find any. so maybe i've got the terminology wrong. I use Ebay.co.uk btw.

Cheers.

Dragonborn1511

 

[kanewolf]

You could get a female to female RCA adapter. It is very seldom that RCA cables are female.

 

[DragonBorn1511]

You could get a female to female RCA adapter. It is very seldom that RCA cables are female.

Can you show me a picture of what you mean? Because I just looked that up, and it looks way off from what I need.

 

[kanewolf]

If you need a female RCA, presumably because you are connecting to another RCA cable, you would get two of these -- https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/musical-instruments/detail-page/B000068O40_img1.jpg That will convert your male RCA cable to a female and then the cable you showed originally would work.

Since the cable you showed in your first post has both male and female RCA on each color, it would work without adapters.

 

[DragonBorn1511]

If you need a female RCA, presumably because you are connecting to another RCA cable, you would get two of these -- https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/musical-instruments/detail-page/B000068O40_img1.jpg That will convert your male RCA cable to a female and then the cable you showed originally would work.

Since the cable you showed in your first post has both male and female RCA on each color, it would work without adapters.

Ah so what you're saying is, Female RCA is rare, so in order to get one, you'd need adaptors? This seems a lot mroe complicated than I first imagined.

 

[kanewolf]

Female RCA is typically a chassis connection (on the side of an amp or other device). That is why RCA cables are typically male at both ends. By having a female connector on the device (typically powered) the two signal paths a VERY difficult to short together. Male RCA plugs with both signals exposed are much easier to short. For extending RCA cables, they make the union device I linked the picture of.

I believe they make RCA extension cables with a male on one end and a female on the other -- https://www.amazon.com/KabelDirekt-Audio-Cable-Extension-Female/dp/B00RXNVKOC for example.

 

[matthew_nicho2]

The one in the pic is a "Stackable" RCA. I had a quick look and saw ones like your pic but they had male 3.5mm.

Your probably better off getting a nice set of cables and some adapters to get the ends you want; that way they are multi-purpose.

 

[DragonBorn1511]

Female RCA is typically a chassis connection (on the side of an amp or other device). That is why RCA cables are typically male at both ends. By having a female connector on the device (typically powered) the two signal paths a VERY difficult to short together. Male RCA plugs with both signals exposed are much easier to short. For extending RCA cables, they make the union device I linked the picture of.

I believe they make RCA extension cables with a male on one end and a female on the other -- https://www.amazon.com/KabelDirekt-Audio-Cable-Extension-Female/dp/B00RXNVKOC for example.

Would it not be possible to get a cable like the one I linked? Because I need a female 3.5mm at the end of it. But I need the female RCA too.

The one in the pic is a "Stackable" RCA. I had a quick look and saw ones like your pic but they had male 3.5mm.

Your probably better off getting a nice set of cables and some adapters to get the ends you want; that way they are multi-purpose.

Thanks for that mate, Yeah that's the issue i'm finding, female RCA connectors have the male 3.5mm, and vice versa.