A 5-metre Y cable with one 3.5mm stereo plug at the source and two 6.35mm (1/4 inch) mono plugs at the far end.
It splits a phone, laptop or mixer output into a left and a right channel that land on two separate mixer or amp inputs.
This is a 5-metre audio Y cable with a single 3.5mm stereo (TRS) male plug at the source end and two 6.35mm (1/4 inch) mono (TS) male plugs at the other end.
It splits a 3.5mm stereo signal into its two halves: the left channel goes to one 1/4 inch plug and the right channel goes to the other, so each side can land on its own input on a mixer, amplifier or powered speaker.
It is passive, so it needs no power, no batteries and no adapter, and it works in either direction, which means it can also combine two mono 1/4 inch sources back into a single 3.5mm stereo input.
It is the same cable as our 3-metre version, just with a longer 5-metre run for a bit more reach between the playback device and the rack.
The cable is shielded to keep hum and interference down over the longer run and carries audio only.
The two 1/4 inch tails are the split-apart left and right channels, not two stereo copies, so this cable is for feeding two separate channels rather than driving two identical stereo feeds.
It works at line level and does not change microphone, instrument or impedance levels, so the receiving input needs to accept a normal line-level source.
Bring or rent the source device, mixer, amp and speakers separately.