Hello, I finally got around to putting the Belkin RockStar I talked about here in place. It works quite well.
I obtained it for $10 from Amazon including shipping and bought several audio patch cables from www.deepsurplus.com for $0.95 each. This is definitely no high end solution but for basic merging of the audio from several computers works well. There is a slight drop in volume for each device you connect but the audio sound itself isn't altered. I now have five computers all using a single set of speakers The RockStar comes with five female jacks. Just plug whatever you want in, be that sound in or out. There is also one attached cable that is to be put to an audio source. The RockStar itself also comes with one free standing patch cord. Again this is nothing high tech but does the job for what I wanted. Kelly -----Original Message----- From: Gary Schindler [mailto:garys5...@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 4:44 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Merging Sound From Multiple Computers What would you think of using a passive mixer of some kind? as long as it isn't padded down to much, you could run it into a main audio amplifier with a set of speakers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly Ford" <ke...@kellford.com> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 7:00 PM Subject: Merging Sound From Multiple Computers > Hello, > > > > I'm trying to reduce the number of speakers I have for audio output from a > batch of computers I use in my office at work. In days of old I plugged > several computers into a mixing board but that board quit working years > ago. > I'd like the audio from all the computers to play on one set of speakers. > Today I end up with about six different sets of speakers sitting around my > office. I don't want a switch box because I want to hear the audio from > multiple machines. > > > > Has anyone heard of or used something called the Belkin RockStar? Details > are at > http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-RockStar-3-5-mm-Headphone-Splitter/dp/tech-data > /B0017PG8KS/ref=de_a_smtd. This says it is to take one audio source and > split it between multiple headphones but I wonder it would work reasonably > well in the other direction with the right cabling. That is plug cables > from the speaker jacks on all my computers into this and then connect one > set of speakers. > > > > If not this device, any suggestionson how to accomplish this today with > another product. My low tech solution right now to help reduce speaker > clutter is to plug the audio from one computer into the Line In on a > second > and have that second computer just play the line in audio. This works but > has limitations, such as when the computer hosting the line in audio needs > to reboot. > > > > Kelly > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
