Dart23,

You are correct. Intuitively I for one would not think that your "Y" solution would work - at least not because it increases the signal level seen by the sub (although I note your parenthetical use of "sees".)

Not saying that it doesn't work. It's just that I'm embarrassed once again by my feeble electrical engineering skills insofar as I can't come up with a good reason why it should or shouldn't work.

I can't see it drawing more signal from the signal source. Although does the "Y" somehow change the effective impedence of the load?

I sometimes use exaggerated examples to work through a puzzle (to me) like this. Would quadruple splitting "increase the signal" even more? Would an infinite number of splits feeding an infinite number of sub inputs cause an infinite amount of signal to travel from the source through that same single connector? Since I kinda doubt that, it casts doubt in my mind that a smaller number would have any effect either.

Any electrical engineers (or others) want to take a stab at this?

As I said, I don't doubt that your fix might work. I just don't understand why.

Jeff Mackwood
(Mechanical Engineer)