Q. What is the philosophy behind active studio monitor volume controls rotation?

Many volume controls run flat out at zero and as you reduce the volume show -10, -20 on down to -50. My McIntosh decreases turned to the left, flat straight up, boosted turned to the right. But on the Yamaha HS 50M volume control, all the way counter clockwise shows "min," straight up shows +4db, and all the way clockwise shows -10db. Where is flat?

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 RE: Studio monitor volume controls rotation - Bill Way 11:51:47 07/02/12 (4)
 Volume controls - Sumflow 13:43:07 07/02/12 (1)
 RE: Volume controls - Bill Way 15:10:34 07/02/12 (0)

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 RE: Studio monitor volume controls rotation - Bill Way 11:51:47 07/02/12 (4)
 Volume controls - Sumflow 13:43:07 07/02/12 (1)
 RE: Volume controls - Bill Way 15:10:34 07/02/12 (0)
 RE: Studio monitor volume controls rotation - Inmate51 13:42:41 07/02/12 (1)
 RE: Studio monitor volume controls rotation - Sumflow 14:06:54 07/02/12 (0)
 RE: Studio monitor volume controls rotation - b.l.zeebub 04:18:18 07/02/12 (3)
 RE: Studio monitor volume controls rotation - Sumflow 13:55:24 07/02/12 (1)
 RE: Studio monitor volume controls rotation - b.l.zeebub 15:37:59 07/02/12 (0)
 You get a Prize for that a Macys gift card !!! - merdy 06:28:47 07/02/12 (0)
 Take this to the PRO asylum NT - Coner 20:32:15 07/01/12 (0)

Should I run them like McIntosh amplifiers, and just open them up all the way (-10), all of the time, and control the volume with the pre-amp?
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.. if you feed it a pro-level balanced signal (2.83V for 0dB);

.. if you feed it a consumer level single ended signal (0.7V for 0dB).

What is being fed in coming from a McIntosh pre-amp with RCA output, to XLR input on the monitor?
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