Bought new studio monitors, no headphone jacks. halpp

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Bought new studio monitors, no headphone jacks. halpp

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I recently bought a pair of KRK RP6 G2s, and like most monitors, they have no headphone jacks. I'm using a stereo break-out cable to connect them to my PC, so I have no mixer/central unit of any kind. Is there a cheap solution to this dilemma? The dilemma being, I have no way to quickly switch between speakers and headphones without fiddling behind my PC to unplug them.
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Re: Bought new studio monitors, no headphone jacks. halpp

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If the headphone is 3.5mm then this is most probably what you need:

http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/1M-Stereo-A ... 3a6cbab518

You can figure out how to connect it beyond that I hope...
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That's RCA and doesn't look like something that'll let me to connect both at the same time. I should've clarified that I'm using a balanced TRS cable (1/8" stereo to dual mono 1/4" TRS). XLR or TRS solutions would be preferable, but honestly, don't think I'll need to replace my break-out cable, I need to introduce something ahead of it in the chain.

Ideally, a switch that doesn't introduce noise would be the best bet. 3.5mm input with two 3.5mm outputs and a switch to determine which is active - I just haven't seen such a thing...
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