Placette Audio passive linestage w/remote

steveinaz

Placette RVC
1 RCA stereo input, 1 RCA stereo output
Remote controlled
Condition: NO flaws

Retail: $1000.00
MY PRICE: $485 shipped (CONUS only) Check or money order ONLY.

steveinaz

Tough crowd. This is the audio "purists" wet dream of linestages, come'on fellers.

steveinaz

Bump.

mhardy6647

One innie, one outtie, passive, no knob... what does it do?
I assume it is a passive attenuator of some sort operated (only?) by remote control? resistor ladder or transformer/autoformer?

steveinaz

Vishay resistor array. See placettes site for details as I'm not that techie. It's about as clean a volume control that you can buy. great when paired up with a DAC, as your DAC can handle all the source connections. I ran all my sources to my Benchmark DAC, then ran the DAC line level to the Placette.

http://www.placetteaudio.com/remote_control.htm

From Placette:

The Remote Volume Control has the Placette Audio 125 step attenuator that uses only Vishay resistors. The input impedance is a constant 9k ohms at every volume setting. The remote control allows for easy operation while at the same time placing it close to the power amp for the shortest possible output interconnects.

Although passive, these units do not suffer the usual loss of dynamics or bass response associated with other passive designs because of the non-inductive load offered by the Vishay S-102 resistors that are use throughout the volume control circuits. These controls will allow the sound of your sources to come through in full without the grain and brightness caused by typical volume controls including the "variable out" that is available on some source components.