StarTech.com Headset Adapter, Microphone and Headphone Splitter - 3.5mm Male Aux to 3.5mm Female Audio & Mic Combo Jack Y Cable for Laptop / PC (MUYHSMFF) Black

I got the new 2013 iMac to replace my monster of a Windows rig that I built 6 years ago. Figured I'd try out a Mac. I knew it would force a lot of upgrades and replacements of peripherals, but I did not know that the new iMacs use the "smart plug" 3.5mm audio jack that combines the audio output (headphones) and input (mic) into one, single jack. This made my Windows style headset useless, but more than that it made my audio system setup inoperable. I have my computer connected to my 5.1 surround sound stereo system, both for output listening to iTunes and other audio as well as input from other devices connected to the stereo for recording. I needed a solution that would undo Apple's "bright idea" of combining all audio functions into one plug. I can understand such decisions when space is a premium such as laptops, notebooks, cell phones, and tablets... but a 27" desktop iMac computer??? Really? Anyway, this little gadget does the trick! It splits out the audio output from the audio input beautifully and once again gives us 2 different jacks serving different functions to plug in our various audio devices. This is NOT an audio output splitter or y-adapter. You would not plug in 2 headphone into this. Instead, it once again gives us a plug for a microphone and a second plug for a headphone. I was a little worried that this StarTech adapter would not allow stereo sound, but it does. Very nice! It's a great product! Just FYI, I've done this with my system. After plugging the StarTech jack in, I plugged an 3.5mm stereo audio y-adapter into the headphone jack to split the audio output so that I could plug my stereo system and my headphones into the iMac and hear sound from both. It works great! There is a little picture of a microphone on one of the StarTech jacks, and a little picture of headphones on the other jack. It's a little hard to see since it's all the same color, black, but that's fine. I then plugged in the microphone jack from my headset into the StarTech microphone jack. Once you have all the connections plugged in you may need to re-boot or re-start your computer so that the "smart plug" notices that there is now a microphone attached and allows sound to be inputed into the iMac and the mic to work. Also, just in case you are new to the iMac like me, it seems the the iMac's built in mic continues to function even if headphones are plugged into the headphone jack.

My son needed this. Works fine. Good price.

Works great for splitting out inputs on headset to combined port on PC

Rating: 3.5/5 Pros: -Audio quality is consistent -Works with a lapel mic and a battery powered shotgun mic -Works on both androids I have tried it on Cons: -Won't work with just the mic - it requires a set of headphones to be plugged in -A little fiddly to get set up -Some devices don't read it consistently -Longevity concerns Conclusion: I wanted to use my old mobile phones as a digital audio recorder with an external mic. This adapter allows me to do that. At first it was a little fiddly to get set up (since is absolutely requires a pair of headphones to be plugged in and does not work with the headphones with a built in mic) but once I got going it works just fine. Since I didn't need a headset plugged in I cut the cord off of an old set of headphones so I could just have the end plugged into the adapter and that seems to work. I'm a little concerned that the build quality - it feels a little bit cheap - but if there's any issues with that I will update at a later time. Robert D. DrekiTech

I've had good luck with other Startech products, so when looking at the options for an adapter to connect a 3.5mm TRS mic to a 3.5mm TRRS wireless bodypack, I chose the Startech over several different options. The quality is very good, the connections are tight and noise-free even on moving subjects (important when recording video), and it looks like it will last a long time. I've used the adapter so far to plug my JK Mic-J 044 lavalier mic to an Azden PRO-XD digital wireless microphone system and a Monoprice 2.4GHz wireless microphone system, as I much prefer the Mic-J to the mics included with these systems. I also used the adapter to connect a lav mic and headphones to my iPhone 6 (using the Rode recording app) and my Samsung S5 (using RecForge Lite), and it works great. My only minor issue is the icons on the input jacks are hard to read without putting-on my reading glasses. But I can't blame Startech for my old eyes. I put a small section of red adhesive-lined heat-shrink tubing on the mic input jack and problem solved. Very pleased with the adapter and recommend it to anyone who needs to convert a mic with a 3.5 TRS plug to a smartphone-style 3.5mm TRRS jack.

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Without bragging too much, I've just recently bought a new Dell laptop. i7 processor, Solid State Drive, lightweight body. BUT: where my previous laptop had double 3.5mm sockets for my headset/Skype phone, the Dell only has one. Having been sold a totally useless splitter by a music shop overseas (which was only designed to allow two people to listen to one output, not the other way round) I was getting a bit desperate but then remembered my usual mantra - 'Try Amazon'. Trust me, there aren't many single 3.5mm (or USB that I could find) headsets around these day (certainly not for a 'reasonable' price) and I could see myself doomed to using my old laptop for teleconferences, webinars etc. And there are even less splitter adapters. Well I did try Amazon, and for £4.63 got this wonderful product that works like a dream. It even has the headphone and mike plugs marked like they were on my old laptop - fair enough, it took me a while to actually find that out: trial-and-error had worked up to then. Truly lovely. ALSO, and I'm going to add this to all the reviews I'm hoping to do for the other 13 things I bought at the same time, I have to really commend Amazon on their Collect + pick up system. Having been overseas working on one job and just passing through London to another one, I had a problem getting the order delivered to home (especially as I have absolutely no faith in the Royal Mail to do the job, no matter how much you pay them) and so tried the Collect + system. Luckily, my local BP garage has both this and the Locker system. Unfortunately, the latter only allows three days before pick-up whereas Collect + gives you ten. This suited my ordering window - especially as the delivery was still mainly being done by the said unreliable Royal Mail. Apart from some plaintive reminders that I hadn't picked up the orders, it worked brilliantly. Top marks to Amazon once again - and up yours to the British Government.

Works well

Ich Skype gerne mit Hilfe eines Head-Sets mit meinen Freunden im Ausland und mein alter Samsung Laptop hatte 2 Buchsen für Kopfhörer und Mikrofon. Mein neuer Lenovo hat nur noch 1 Buchse. Daher benötigte ich einen Adapter um weiterhin mit meinem Headset zu skypen. Dieser Adapter arbeitet einwandfrei, die Eingänge / Ausgänge sind gut beschriftet und man kann beim Anschließen eigentlich keinen Fehler machen. Ich bin zufrieden, mein Head-Set funktioniert mit diesem Adapter wieder einwandfrei. Ich würde genau diese Adapter wieder kaufen. Ich habe in den gängigen Elektromärkten nach so einem Adapter gesucht, aber nichts unter 25€ gefunden, daher den 5. Stern für das sehr gute Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis.

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