Re: Which attenuator tu use?

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In Reply to: Which attenuator tu use? posted by Capt. Z on April 8, 2000 at 08:05:45:

Huge range of choices. I use a Dact attenuator in a passive box (www.aloha-audio.com), it's very nicely made and certainly sounds better than the commercial passive I used before (but there is also a lot less circuitry). I'm not familiar with your amp, but at a certain point you will be spending money without realizing any benefit.
As far as popping, this is not normal. As Hans says attenuators should be "make before break" ie never go open-circuit while switching . (Not all applications want this, so just any switch may not work as an audio attenuator...) Also, I think DC across the attenuator would cause this but that is definitely not normal.
Also check out the Michael Percy catalog (linked from the front page of this site) he carries several kinds.
JohnR

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Topic - Which attenuator tu use? - Capt. Z 08:05:45 04/08/00 (5)

Build a passive pre with DACT - SamL 22:23:25 04/09/00 (0)

Another choice - JohnR 13:03:13 04/09/00 (0)

Re: Which attenuator tu use? - JohnR 12:58:18 04/09/00 (1)

Re: Which attenuator tu use? - rcrump 10:17:53 04/20/00 (0)

Re: Which attenuator tu use? - Hans 01:07:06 04/09/00 (0)

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