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sufferrar

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Posted: January 16, 2004 at 10:57 AM / IP Logged

When you split rca wires does the current get split too and the voltage remain the same?

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Posted: January 16, 2004 at 11:32 AM / IP Logged

Basically, yes. It creates a parallel circuit.

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richs

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Posted: January 18, 2004 at 3:43 PM / IP Logged

There are an additional couple of things. The source unit (thing the rca's come from) is designed for a certain range of load impedance (typically 10k ohms or greater. By Y'ing the RCA's into two 10k ohm loads (say, 2 amps), you lower the impedance the source unit sees to 5k ohm. If the output of the source unit isn't properly designed, it can increase distortion levels quite a bit and also effect the frequency response of the source unit.

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