Hosa YMR-197 Audio Cable

perfect. work great

Works as it should. Used for mixer to connect phone/laptop for stereo audio.

Got this for my digital piano. I don't know anything about speaker setups and wanted to hook my piano up to some speakers since its built-in speakers weren't the best. Unfortunately, I'm super cheap and setups with amps, bookshelf speakers, etc. can get pricey very quickly. I just wanted a simple way to plug in some computer speakers for cheap.To get my computer speakers working, I bought some 1/4th tp 3.5mm converter to plug in my speaker, but unfortunately only got mono sound out of only the left speaker in a 2.0 setup. Fortunately, this product fixed that. I plugged in the proper cords to the left and right audio out jacks and got great stereo sound out of both speakers.This cable is a steal. It's much more expensive at specialty brick and mortar stores and is a great value on Amazon. I was worried because other reviews said that the wire was easily damaged in the packaging. While it's true that the packaging isn't good (it bends the wire and can lead to fraying), mine worked with no issues whatsoever. That being said, I can definitely see the packaging breaking many people's devices, so make sure you thoroughly test yours when you get it.Overall, I highly recommend this cable - just make sure you don't get a dud if you buy it.

Very serviceable adapter. Gets the job done and has no noticeable issues.Build quality is pretty cheap, but so it the adapter.

I hook this up to my 3.5mm stereo cables to split a signal to dual mono into my audio interface. This is great for situations where a 3.5mm stereo to dual 1/4" mono cable would be too bulky. In a lot of cases I'm using a short 3.5mm stereo cable and just need a quick adapter to split it into mono left and right channels. You could argue that a single cable would be better for sound quality but most of those cables are quite long so using a short cable with an adapter likely cancels out any impedance or sound quality issues you could (probably not) hear. You might also just want to cut down on the amount of cables you have around and storing a little adapter could be preferable to having a cable for every possible situation. I know my collection of different cables is getting pretty unmanageable. In any case, this thing works, it's durable, and sounds great. The plug ends are molded from solid plastic and should hold up for years to come.

I have an incredibly old (20+ years, at this point!) 2.1 computer speaker set up for my desktop. Rather than connecting the 1/8" plug directly into the jack on the back of my computer, I use a 1/8" female to 1/4" male adapter to my USB audio interface line out. Over the past few months, the right speaker has been getting quieter and quieter, and I was getting sick of changing the L/R balance in Output Settings only to have to change it *back* in order to use my headphones, so I figured it'd be about time to upgrade the speakers. (Which, regardless, it almost certainly is.... But I digress.)Come to find out, the cheapo no-name adapter I had been using had developed a quirk where the right channel popped out about 1/16" and wouldn't stay in. I switched channels and the left plug stayed in, no sweat. I used a magnifying glass to try to identify any difference between the two plugs and came up with nothing.So, the Hosa cable to the rescue! Since hooking it up, both my left and right speakers are singing in perfect harmony and I can rest easy knowing that when I get new speakers, I'll be all set if the adapter's required. And if it isn't, at least I'll have a functioning cable to throw in my Rubbermaid container full of random cables and cords that I keep on hand in case I need to Frankenstein up some audio solution.

I bought one of these about four months ago as an "Add-on Item," and it cost me less than $2. For that price, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. Heck, you really can't go too wrong for $2. :) However, it's a nice breakout cable that is easily worth that. It worked just fine for my application, with no signs of loose connections or anything else being wrong. A solid cable at a nice price. I've purchased other Hosa cables and have been happy with all of them.As I write this review, though, they are now around $7. That's higher than I'd want to pay for it, but I think that you'd still get your money's worth. However, if you aren't in a hurry, I'd say add it to your cart and give it a little time to see if the price drops.

I've been getting back into home recording and a friend gave me an older sound interface. It was a bit confusing to learn, coupled with learning Reaper, my new favorite DAW (digital audio workstation). I finally started delving into Reaper, and after some difficulty, got the old interface from M-Audio to work on my Windows 10 machine. For the longest time however, I thought the audio interface with windows 7 driver was just not compatible (well, it wasn't, with Windows 10, I work in IT and I finally got it working with an old driver). But the sound wasn't perfect, and I eventually realized that the sound was in MONO. The fault was my own ignorance, as I'd only connected one output to the speakers, so either only one speaker worked, or both but in mono. The solution was to get this cable... the price was right, and as soon as I plugged it in, and figured how to get the stereo signal output correctly, it was like night and day. I can now pan left and right, split the stereo wide, and mix like a master. I've had this for a few months and it's been plugged in permanently, so I expect it should last... forever. If I worked in a pro studio or had to plug/unplug it daily, I'd probably need a more expensive cable but for me, this is perfect.