USB to dual 6.35 mm 1/4 inch stereo splitter Y-cable,6.6FT USB to 6.35 mm left and right channel split cable, suitable for laptop link amplifiers, speakers,Note:Not Applicable Truck,TV USB Ports

I have a bunch of laptops in a rack and I bundle each one's power, usb, audio, etc. together for cable management. An unbalanced analog cable (ie. from the headphone jack) will pick up all kinds of RF interference (computer noise) before it gets to the (analog) mixer.Even most of the USB-to-analog cables are just as noisy, because the DAC is in the USB plug right next to the laptop and the cables carry unbalanced analog signal so they are susceptible to the same radio-frequency (RF) interference.This cable is different. This DAC outputs a balanced analog signal. Balanced analog uses a 3rd wire for noise cancellation and it's how pro audio keeps noise-free connections between analog components. That's why you see 3 metal parts on each plug. Ground, signal, balance. It looks the same as a stereo plug but it's not. A stereo plug is ground, left-signal, right-signal.This great USB-to-analog cable is not USB to two stereo outputs. It is USB to balanced left and balanced right, together making one noise-free stereo output.You'd want to make sure your mixer (or whatever destination) can accept balanced inputs, and of course make sure the plugs fit.It sucks that a balanced 1/4" plug looks and fits exactly the same as a stereo 1/4" plug even though the signal specs are incompatible, but that's how the technology evolved.The other way to get noise-free signal from computer to mixer would be a USB cable (digital, so it's not susceptible to RF) to a DAC box close to the mixer, and then a short (balanced or unbalanced) analog cable to the mixer. Doing it that way would cost a lot more and require space and perhaps power connections for each DAC box, but you could get higher audio quality DACs if you spend enough $$.For my purpose noise reduction was the requirement and this USB-DAC-to-balanced cable gives me that along with space and cost savings.

Sweeeet!!! I upgraded from 20 year old Audio to USB converter that took weeks to make work. This was Plug and and Fun!

I bought this thinking I could record from my mixer to my laptop but this cable doesn't do that. That was my fault for not noticing the product information. However, I feel they could have put "input" on the USB side of the cable and "output" on the two 1/4 inch side. Or put that plainly in the product description. Anyway, after trying to record and not getting any sound I realized I had bought the wrong cable for my purposes. Now for why I gave this one star. I plugged it into the USB port on my laptop and plugged the dual 1/4 inch into my mixer which then goes into my amp and then to my speakers. It made one of my speakers very quiet and one had regular sound. My mixer inputs says it can use both balanced or unbalanced so theoretically I wasn't supposed to have any problem with this cable. I don't know what happened but this cable doesn't do it for me. I bought a Behringer UCA222 and used unbalanced connectors and everything now works perfect. I can send music from my laptop to my mixer and receive/record back music and mic(voice) to my laptop.

What I like is the 1/4 balanced jacks, no buzzingBut you need to plug them in to a balanced input.If you have unbalanced inputs on your mixer it willNot work right. Balanced input and it is very clear!!!!

Works great.

It's not flimsy and inspires confidence that it'll last quite a while.

Behaves as expected. Running from a Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock to a Scarlet Audio Interface.

I bought several cables to have for inserting audio from portable devices into a PA system, looking specifically for balanced outputs. There is a review I've since reported (and doubt will be taken down) that specifically says this cable is balanced. It is not. Not only that, but the right channel hot is wired to ring instead of tip, so the two channels have inverted polarity (will cancel when summed together) if it will work at all. Some devices (transformer input) rely on the voltage between tip and ring, and the unused (ring for left, tip for right) seems to be floating (open), so the cable simply would not work. There's no reason to use a TRS connector instead of a TS connector other than to prey on people like me that are looking for a balanced output, and there's even a review claiming it's balanced!