Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch?

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es>
Newsgroups	uk.d-i-y, comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile
Subject	Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch?
Date	2016-11-23 14:46 +0100
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<p5jggd-dmo.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 2016-11-23 09:02, micky wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Tue, 22 Nov 2016 19:16:18 +0100, "Carlos
> E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> wrote:
> 
>> On 2016-11-22 16:57, pamela wrote:
>>> On 20:36  21 Nov 2016, Carlos E.R. wrote: 
>>>
>>>> On 2016-11-20 19:09, pamela wrote: 
>>>>> On 13:27  20 Nov 2016, Carlos E.R. wrote: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2016-11-19 18:45, Brian Gaff wrote: 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  So surely a mono 3.5 is two connector whereas the stereo has
>>>>>>>  three. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  This would mean that you would short one channel out in one 
>>>>>>>  case if you plugged in a mono phones system. Maybe this is 
>>>>>>>  why they do not make one. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Exactly. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I suspect the reason no one makes a mono switched adapter is 
>>>>> lack of demand. 
>>>>
>>>> No. 
>>>
>>> If there are reasons other than demand for no supply of a switched 
>>> adapter then why don't those reasons prevent supply of this 
>>> non-switched version? 
>>>
>>> http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/productimages/s5/27-7921.jpg
>>
>> That thing is very cheap. A switch is more expensive
> 
> To nitpick,  "More expensive" relates to demand, the reason she
> suspected.  Demand would be lower because the price is higher. 
> 
>> and can fail.
> 
> Some switches are good for millions of makes and breaks, but they cost
> more.  This seems also like a matter of price and demand. 

Consider. If you do it in a single plastic block, it will be biggish and
stress the socket on the device. If you do it with a wire connecting the
plug and the socket, and the switch in the middle, you add complexity.

Then you have to consider that the very idea of connecting left and
right amplifiers together is wrong, cabling a switch is even more wrong.

On the other hand, devices that have mono output audio may use a stereo
output socket simply because stereo headphones are more common nowdays.
Other devices have an internal switch to force "mono" audio. For those
devices I see correct that you can use a plug converter. Placing a
switch makes obvious that you want to "short" the amplifiers, which can
not be correct and might cause damage... so I would not build it.

/rambling.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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[OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-19 12:29 +0000
  Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-11-19 12:35 +0000
    Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-19 12:48 +0000
      Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-11-19 13:05 +0000
        Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-19 13:13 +0000
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-11-19 13:34 +0000
      Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-19 14:55 +0100
        Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-19 15:23 +0000
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-20 14:27 +0100
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-20 13:59 -0500
            Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-20 20:01 +0000
              Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-20 15:43 -0500
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-20 14:22 -0500
            Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-21 01:47 +0000
              Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-21 19:26 -0500
              Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-21 19:39 -0500
                Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-22 04:23 +0100
                Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-22 01:51 -0500
                Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-22 11:22 +0000
            Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-21 15:03 +0100
      Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? John #9 <john#9@Invalid.invalid> - 2016-11-19 15:30 +0000
        Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? John #9 <john#9@Invalid.invalid> - 2016-11-19 15:37 +0000
      Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Brian Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-11-19 17:48 +0000
        Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? Terry Casey <k.type@example.invalid> - 2016-11-19 18:08 +0000
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-19 19:01 +0000
            Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-20 14:27 -0500
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-20 14:19 +0100
        Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-19 18:56 +0000
      Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-20 13:50 -0500
      Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> - 2016-11-23 08:35 +0000
  Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> - 2016-11-19 12:41 +0000
    Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-19 13:07 +0000
    Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2016-11-19 13:54 +0000
      Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-19 15:17 +0000
        Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2016-11-20 02:48 +0000
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? Someone Somewhere <nntpac@gmail.com> - 2016-11-20 07:59 +0000
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-20 10:30 +0000
            Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? lew <citrustwosac@google.mailer.company.invalid> - 2016-11-20 17:29 +0000
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-20 14:36 -0500
        Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-20 14:32 -0500
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-11-20 22:08 +0000
      Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-20 14:22 +0100
  Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? Neil <neil@myplaceofwork.com> - 2016-11-19 08:45 -0500
    Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-19 15:14 +0000
      Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-20 06:13 +1100
        Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? Neil <neil@myplaceofwork.com> - 2016-11-19 14:36 -0500
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-20 08:19 +1100
            Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? Neil <neil@myplaceofwork.com> - 2016-11-19 17:47 -0500
              Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-20 09:53 +1100
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-20 14:40 -0500
            Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? Neil <neil@myplaceofwork.com> - 2016-11-20 14:53 -0500
            Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 07:40 +1100
            Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2016-11-21 01:17 +0000
  Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Brian Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-11-19 17:45 +0000
    Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-20 14:27 +0100
      Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-20 18:09 +0000
        Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 07:18 +1100
        Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-21 21:36 +0100
          Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-22 15:57 +0000
            Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-22 19:16 +0100
              Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-23 03:02 -0500
                Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-23 14:46 +0100
                Re: [OT] 3.5mm stereo to mono adapter with switch? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-11-24 18:54 -0500

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