Maybe. Much depends on the input impedance of the devices you are powering. With audio you have "speaker" type loads (like a headphone) and "line input" type loads like an audio input to an amp. A powered computer speaker is a line input while the headphones are probably unpowered and thus are 8 ohm or thereabouts. It's generally no trouble to drive multiple "line inputs" from a single audio output but hooking multiple speaker type loads up reduces the impedance thus increasing the load in the audio output.
I personally also use a headset for Webex due to poor audio quality on the laptops that I typically carry. But I use a USB headset or a Bluetooth one in the car for use with my cell phone. I would be leery of putting 2 headsets off one audio output I would be concerned with overloading the output transistors in the sound circuit. But powered speakers should be no problem. Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <plug-boun...@pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of Rich Shepard Sent: Monday, April 17, 2023 10:43 AM To: plug@pdxlinux.org Subject: [PLUG] mini-phone plug splitters Can I stack two mini-phone plug splitters? I have three audio output devices: the ProSonus speakers, the Panasonic headphone, and the Yamaha headset. Now, the speakers and headset are on a spliter originating in the rear panel front speaker output jack. Can I add another splitter to keep the headphone connected, too, rather than turning the desktop and switching headphone/headset in the one splitter? pavucontrol's configuration _should_ allow me to select the output device, or send the sound to all devices (with the speakers off.) Or, I could buy a 2-in, 1-out (or 4-in, 1 out) dual-direction splitter and connect the 'in' to the desktop's audio jack and the three output devices to the 'out' jacks and manually switch among them. Your thoughts? Rich
