1/4″ to 1/8″ Adapter

This screw-on headphone adapter converts a 1/8-inch (3.5mm) female connection to a 1/4-inch male plug, the little brass-and-steel translator that keeps audio departments and video villages talking to each other. It is the Remote Audio style screw-on adapter supplied with professional boom cable systems, and it works anywhere a stereo mini connection needs to land in a full-size 1/4-inch jack.

On set, this adapter solves a constant, familiar problem: consumer and compact headphones terminate in 3.5mm plugs, while mixers, recorders, interfaces, and many monitors expose 1/4-inch headphone jacks. Sound mixers and boom operators use it to plug everyday earbuds or backup headphones into a bag rig or cart mixer. DITs and playback operators use it to get headphone feeds out of interfaces and decks. Musicians and playback techs on music video sets use it to bridge instrument-world 1/4-inch gear and phone-world 3.5mm cables. Because it is a threaded, screw-on design rather than a simple friction fit, it locks positively onto compatible headphone plugs and will not creep loose in a bag that gets jostled all day, and the stereo TRS wiring passes left and right channels correctly. The all-metal build shrugs off years of pocket and pouch duty without complaint.

Adapters like this vanish into kits and pockets at a legendary rate, which is why professionals keep spares taped inside every case lid. Cheap insurance against a silent pair of cans at the worst moment.

• 1/8" (3.5mm) female to 1/4" male stereo TRS adapter

• Screw-on threaded design locks onto compatible plugs

• Stereo wiring passes both channels correctly

• Bridges consumer headphones and pro audio gear

• Fits mixers, recorders, interfaces, and monitor jacks

• Pocket-sized and kit-friendly

These adapters are in stock for purchase at Lightbulb Rentals' NYC, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh locations and can be added to any rental order alongside your audio package, so every headphone on the job has a home.