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Old October 24th, 2004, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by RelativeMischief
The only time you have to be careful of a Y splitter is if you plugged into two channels and they both sent to the same source. It would create a +3dB "sum" of the signals that might make your output a little too hot.
Actually, it will be a great deal more problematic than that. There are many technical reasons why you should *never* use a normal wye splitter to combine sources. Read this Rane Note for more details: Why not Wye?
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