Customer Reviews

Belkin F8V234-WHT Speaker and Headphone Splitter

5 star:		(66)
4 star:		(20)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(18)

 

 

So to recap:
Dirt cheap
Flexible
extremely easy to use
Diminishes volume? Not too badly.
DOES preserve stereo separation! I'm mixing a song right now through these splitters and while panning back and forth, my headphones respond as if the splitter weren't in at all. It doesn't turn stereo to mono despite what that one guy said. And yes, I've got two pairs of headphones plugged in.

I discovered that if both sets of headphones plugged into the splitter aren't firmly plugged in, it will do the stereo to mono thing, but if you click them in properly, you're fine.

does the job and no complaints. These type of splitters are ideal because you don't have to worry about it breaking from bending. I purchased a splitter before that wasn't wired, just a solid unit, and it broke from bending too much.

As other reviewers have noted (and I've taken this into account for purchasing), the volume drops across both outputs since the signal is split -- not a big concern for me, but on some setups this may result in an unhappy amount of line noise when you have to crank source volumes to compensate.

I use this because I have a stereo deck (with high-quality Sony MDR-V900s attached) and a Plantronics headset I use for recording video tutorials and such on my computer. I didn't want to actively have to toggle back-and-forth, since that'd impede my workflow: my use case is swapping between headsets quickly, and this Belkin splitter is a tidy little solution!

The item is unusable as a splitter with 2 sets of stereo headphones - the white jack connects to left channel (tip) only and the red jack connects to right channel (ring) only. Yet a careful look at the jacks provided shows they are stereo jacks.

Frankly, I'm not sure what the application is intended to be...I'm unable to come up with any use for it, unless you're a couple who happen to be hearing-impaired in opposite ears.

I ordered this thinking that i would get a splitter so that i could use two headphones for one jack. All the product did was split the audio into a left and right channel. I could only hear the left side of my headphone that was connected to the white side and vice versa.

I was specifically looking for a left-right channel splitter, just like the picture; one regular stereo 3.5mm jack to two separate 3.5mm jacks - one red and one white, for the left and right channels. Many reviewers complained about this cable only splitting the audio into the two separate channels, and that is exactly what I was looking for: a left-right splitter.

I ordered this assuming I would receive the pictured product, the same one the reviewers were complaining about. What I got was a simple stereo Y-splitter, which isn't what I needed or wanted to purchase.

If this seller actually has any 3.5mm left-right splitters, I would love to know and would gladly purchase one.

I was looking for a device so that my wife and I could use watching video on my new iPad while flying. This works very well. It is compact, and I detected no degradation of the sound.

After ordering Professional Cable ST35-SPLIT Headphone Splitter - Black which I thought would be a headphone splitter...it was not, it was a left/right channel splitter, I then ordered this Belkin F8V234 Speaker and Headphone Splitter which is a headphone splitter. Instead of using the picture, I chose this Belkin F8V234 from it's product description and item/model number. Having looked up Belkin F8V234, it is, in fact, a headphone splitter. Still, from the reviews from both of the items I inserted links to seem to have mixed reviews as to what item is received. As for this Belkin F8V234 headphone splitter I received, it is exactly what I wanted and appears to be good (Belkin) quality and is working great splitting my music to two sets of earbuds...all without loss of volume or sound quality.

7/15/11 UPDATE:
I purchased a second one of this Belkin splitter and I, again, received the Belkin F8V234 stereo headphone splitter which is the product described, not pictured.

THIS IS A STEREO EARBUD/HEADPHONE SPLITTER!

This Belkin splitter perfectly split a stereo headphone jack into two stereo headphone jacks. The sound is great, it appears well built, and all the connections are solid. I can't ask for more.

Note that the image above is incorrect. The headphone splitter is actually all black, and looks much better for it.

I'm no technician, and some of the reviews here made me quite skeptical of this piece of equipment . . . so for those of you out there who, like me, just want to know if these things work, they do. They work perfectly. I received mine (2 of them) today and promptly plugged them in to see if both ends of each splitter played full audio. I have just the track to test this out; one with audio going back and forth between left and right channels. Testing this out in every case, I could hear both left and right channels through my headphones, just as I would have hoped. This tells me that the item is NOT simply channeling the left audio into one end and the right audio into the other end, but sending a "stereo" signal into both ends of the splitter. Also, the plugs fit and "seat" nicely, so I'm confident there will be a good quality and consistant sound coming through when it's time to put them to good use. Though the price is incredibly low, you can purchase with confidence! Oh, and in case it sounds like I work for Belkin or for the company selling this product, nope, I just wanted to clarify the issue since I was so confused reading so many reviews saying two different things. Now that I have mine, there's no confusion here!