I recently hooked up headphones to my Xbox 360e (for game audio) that has a built in 3.5mm out port. It got me thinking... can I just use a cable pass-through/adapter to do this with all my consoles that have stereo (red/white) out? As I mention in my Xbox thread, I am using an inline volume controller to adjust sound levels.
Could I do this method, making every retro console I own interface with headphones? This setup seems like it would work:
PS1 red/white stereo audio out >
3.5mm Female to Dual RCA Female Stereo Splitter Cable such as this (image below) >
Male to female 3.5mm >
Inline volume controller >
3.5mm headphones
Assuming yes, but requesting a sanity check. I guess I just assumed the system was looking for some type of handshake with a receiver or TV... perhaps just overthinking it previously. Per these 2 Amazon reviews... it seems so:
This is a great little cable, the configuration of which is actually hard to find. I actually use a couple of these to connect a Samsung DVDN2000 (NUON) DVD player and PSOne to an older Dell 2407WFP LCD monitor that has composite and component input, but no speakers and no place to plug composite audio (RCA, Red/White) to listen to through a headphone jack. This allows me to connect those (the DVDN2000 via component and the PSOne via composite) to the LCD and then connect the audio through this to listen to through headphones or any set of speaker that use a 3.5mm audio (headphone) jack. The sound quality is good (no static or noise that I can hear) and I couldn't be happier with the purchase, especially considering just how inexpensive this item is.
I have an HD monitor with no way I can see to output the audio. I can't play games like Rock Band on it because the audio is terrible quality using the HD monitor's built-in speakers. Using this audio adapter, I was able to keep my Playstation 3 hooked into the HD monitor using an HDMI cable (to keep the HD video quality), and then I can also have my audio coming out of the component cable (which came with the PS3) from the PS3 to my speakers (which have only a 3.5mm male connector) by plugging the red and white (Right and Left) RCA plugs on the component cable into the other side of this audio adapter. There is a setting on the PS3 to have audio come out of your HDMI or component cable, or both (Settings --> Sound Settings). Now I can have much better quality sound when I want to (Rock Band, etc.), or just leave the speakers off and use the HD monitor audio (for other things playing through my PS3). Very happy with this product!